Just days after Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman said that he sees Antoine Griezmann as the man who will replace Lionel Messi in his team, the Frenchman is gone!Cash strapped Barcelona sold their striker back to Atletico Madrid. As the situation wasn’t bad enough, Barcelona tried to swamp Griezmann for Joao Felix, but Atletico weren’t fooled so the Catalonians had to sell the Frenchman without getting anything in return.So, Barça’s Griezmann highlights video is mostly him having a laugh at training. https://t.co/L3Q88XxmFB— Euan McTear (@emctear) August 31, 2021 However, what they managed to pull off in the last minutes of the transfer deadline day is to buy Luuk De Jong, Sevilla’s underachiever who scored only 19 goals in 94 appearances for the Ramon Sanchez Pisjuan Stadium outfit. Doesn’t seem like a decent replacement for Griezmann by any means.Betis reveal their new signing in a GTA-inspired funny videoGriezmann was sold for 1.3 billion Ksh (loan fee), with additional 6.5 billion which Atletico is obliged to pay in 2022. That’s half of the sum Barcelona payed to Atletico to sign Antoine just two years ago! If people didn’t believe how serious is Barca’s financial state, this is the crucial evidence. They lost Lionel Messi, bought back Emerson Royal in June and sold him to Tottenham in August and now they’ve sold Griezmann.Emerson Royal chooses Spurs over Arsenal, Barca interested in BellerinGriezmann took La Liga by storm in the shirt of Real Sociedad before moving to Atletico Madrid in 2014. During his five-year tenure at Wanda Metropolitano stadium, the Frenchman doubled his goalscoring achievements and became one of the fiercest forwards in the world.That was a clear signal for Barca to step up and sign the prodigious attacker two years ago, but his life and times at Camp Nou were anything but successful. Only 22 goals at his account are anything, but what Koeman and Barca’s boardroom expected from him, especially he was accompanied by none other than Messi (and by Neymar and Luis Suarez during his first season).4k #Wallpapers └📂 FC Barcelona └📂 Picture That Hurts └📂 Messi-GriezmannBarcelona Lost Both of THEM IN A Single transfer Window 💔 pic.twitter.com/ho0aL0Tk8B— ƒ¢в єηgιηєєя 🎨 (@FCBINDIA10) September 1, 2021 Now, he returns to the place where his stellar growth has reached its peak, hoping that another cooperation with Diego Cholo Simeone could get him back on the right track. Being only 30 promises Griezmann at least a couple more years of top-notch football and few more trophies to put on a shelf.
