Griezmann To United : 2018/19 Edition
The Story So Far
Griezmann snubs United despite having an agreement with the club, United angry at Griezzman for not keeping his word
Barca sees this as an opportunity and starts the tap up process, taking him and his family to dinner and every single Barca player doing their best to change his mind
Barca succeed in their tap up, Griezmann has a verbal agreement with them.
News reports of the impending move everywhere and this pisses off Atletico fans leading to Griezmann being booed at despite winning them the Europa League.
This hurts Griezmann, who deeply cares about the club and its fans, which was the main reason why he stayed the year before.
Atletico are pissed at Barca for tapping him up and report them.
Atletico and the fans make it clear that they don't want Griezmann to go to one of their rivals and that such a move would tarnish his legacy.
The move falls through with Griezmann deciding not to join Barca
United, who went into the window without any plans to sign an attacker, sees this as an opportunity to acquire a WC player for a relatively cheap price.
Since United had already agreed terms with Griezmann and since there wasn't much negotiations to be done with Atletico, there wasn't much going on behind the scenes for Journalists to know about.
United shift their attention to cheaper targets like Lengelt and Dalot to save money.
Mourinho suddenly thinks a backup striker / #10 is more important than any other signing with links to Talisca, who plays as a #10
Griezmann's brother with cryptic tweets
To be continued...