While Antoine Griezmann could leave Atletico Madrid for a check for 25 million euros, PSG did think about recruiting the tricolor world champion.
PSG have been particularly active this summer. As expected, the capital club has deeply renewed its workforce by attracting no less than 12 players including Lucas Hernandez, Randal Kolo Muani or Ousmane Dembele. But another tricolor international could have joined the capital club. The Parisian leaders had indeed also checked the name of Antoine Griezmann to strengthen their midfield.
To believe The Team, the champions of France thus inquired during the summer about the feasibility of his arrival. And if the 25 million euros of his release clause were not a problem, his salary claims would have made the Red and Blue staff wince, who did not want to add a large salary to their workforce after having considerably reduced their squad. salary thanks to the departures of Lionel Messi, Neymar or Sergio Ramos.
And convincing Antoine Griezmann to sign in Paris would not have been easy. And not just because of his attachment to Olympique de Marseille. The Mâconnais has not lacked solicitations this summer, especially in Saudi Arabia. But the former Barcelonan was clear with his sister and agent: he wanted to stay at Ateltico Madrid. “There were calls and touches but I was focused on my club. I’m 15 goals from the club’s all-time goalscoring record. I said to my sister: ‘I’m not moving, I’m staying here and I’m going to try to break the record’. I am good at Atletico, I take advantage of my level, my teammates, the coach and the supporters. It took a long time for me to be reinstated, now is not the time to leave”, he thus confided, Wednesday, in a press conference.
