He stayed because of Atleticos transfer ban, not because we suddenly needed a replacement for Zlatan.
Griezmann - Barcelona player
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He was always a bit of an overrated player. You could see he could be world class in flashes but absoltuely everything went rhtough him in Athletico and in highlights he certainly looked good. At Barca he´s one of many very good players but never a central point of everything and not good enough to elevate them to the absolute top. I am happy to see Barca struggling now after the best players of the history is past his best and other worldies left as well..
They will need to rebuild and Griezmann as one of their most expensive players on books needs to show character so they didn´t throw the money for him totally away.
They will need to rebuild and Griezmann as one of their most expensive players on books needs to show character so they didn´t throw the money for him totally away.
That was just the usual BS to hype himself up. He stayed and got a hefty contract improvement at Atletico. This would make sure his transfer in the following summer boosts his salary/bonus up even more.
The reason he stated was "to help Atletico through this ban" also has a double meaning: "I only stay there one more season. Come and take me next summer please". He is a snake through and through. I'm glad we didn't go for him in the summer after that.
Dembele has a future at Barca imo.
Or might have become a very expensive Lingard. At the moment he's costing Barca over 400k€ per week.
Much like Lingard did, he'd have bought into what Jose was all about, but he has 5 times the talent of Jesse. Seems to be a lot of dislike for Griezmann on here and I don't really get it.
Because he turned us down after a long saga. He’s quite charismatic/quirky too. RedCafe is full of old farts who hate players who show a bit of cheekiness to them in their celebrations or general antics off the pitch.
Top scorer and Player of the tournament at the Euros in 2016, second top scorer and third best player of the tournament at the 2018 World Cup.
Expensive Lingard.
It's probably those annoying fortnite dances he does whenever he scored a goal. Luckily for the dislikers he doesn't do much dancing lately.
Because he turned us down after a long saga. He’s quite charismatic/quirky too. RedCafe is full of old farts who hate players who show a bit of cheekiness to them in their celebrations or general antics off the pitch.
Top scorer and Player of the tournament at the Euros in 2016, second top scorer and third best player of the tournament at the 2018 World Cup.
Expensive Lingard.
Have some of you actually watched Griezmann play in the past year?
He's been absolute wank even for the national team.
He misses pens, misplaces easy passes, misses sitters, can't beat a player, and just looks like a player that's going through regression - wouldn't be the first time.
There's not one game in a barca shirt where he looked like a world beater - not one.
Koeman's trying everything to accommodate him yet he's still playing like absolute wank
I agree. I'm not personally a fan of his football. He did beyond ordinary at Atletico but I always knew he wasnt destined to be part of the Tier 1 players bracket. I'm glad he isn't at United.
That’s not really what we were discussing though, was it? He was a fantastic player in 2017 and would’ve added a massive amount to our side. I’ve said my piece on why I think he’s struggling the way he is now on the page before — essentially I think the move came too late and it was the wrong move.
Is he still the player he once was? Probably not. But that doesn’t mean people should rewrite history and pretend he wasn’t one of the best players in Europe for a respectable amount of time.
Serious?He blatantly used our club to get bumper high contracts every time he
Is he ever going to join our team? Not really. We're just a back-up option if he can't get better offers elsewhere.
I don't believe he was using us, I fully believe we'd have signed him if it wasn't for the Atletico transfer ban.
Exactly, context is key. No one is talking about 2020 Griezmann, that's not the conversation at all.
Barcelona are the only top team that are run as poorly as us. They have been poorly run for a long time now, the difference has been they had Messi to paper it all over so they remained competitive.
Griezmann cuts ties with Huawei citing fears over treatment of Uighurs
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...huawei-citing-fears-over-treatment-of-uighurs
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...huawei-citing-fears-over-treatment-of-uighurs
“Following strong suspicions that the Huawei company has contributed to the development of a ‘Uighur alert’ thanks to facial recognition software, I am announcing the immediate termination of my partnership with the company,” Griezmann said in an Instagram post.
“I take this opportunity to invite Huawei to not just deny these accusations, but to take concrete actions as quickly as possible to condemn this mass repression, and to use its influence to contribute to the respect of human and women’s rights in society.”
Good to see someone with no perceptible vested interest other than humanitarian concerns stepping up and speaking out at their own expense.
I feel like this might deserve its own thread. It's a pretty significant move by Griezmann
Yeah good point, @Damien if you want to split it into a new thread go ahead son.
Deserves plaudits for his stance on Huawei. Griezmann is an easy target as he seems a bit of a prat and his move to Barca has hardly panned out well, but this action is selfless and bold and is a credit to his character.
Fecking hell
And we thought Pogba's hair was bad...
Have you seen Mbappe‘s new look?And we thought Pogba's hair was bad...
His third child was born today, sharing a birthday with his two siblings.
Mia 08.04.2016
Amaro 08.04.2019
Alba 08.04.2021
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Alba 08.04.2021
An expensive day in the Griezmann householdHis third child was born today, sharing a birthday with his two siblings.
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Alba 08.04.2021
WowHis third child was born today, sharing a birthday with his two siblings.
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Alba 08.04.2021
Trying to be cheap - save money on birthday parties.His third child was born today, sharing a birthday with his two siblings.
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Amaro 08.04.2019
Alba 08.04.2021
Barca should hire him to help out with financial planning.
fecking hell I know exactly what Griezmann is going to be doing on 08.07.2023.
it really annoys me that’s there’s 3 years between the first and second, but only 2 between the second and third.His third child was born today, sharing a birthday with his two siblings.
Mia 08.04.2016
Amaro 08.04.2019
Alba 08.04.2021
17 goals in 63 league games. He's 30 now and on a huge contract - they'll have some trouble shifting him. The La Liga watchers on here who were happy we missed out on him are being proven very right indeed.
Hindsight and all that but glad we didn't sign him. he's also a cringe-worthy fecker, isn't he?
Tosser he is
Becomes more and more hard to watch. You could ignore it a little when he was a world class player.
My kid would think his celebration is cringe. She is 4.
Comes across as a bit of a bell-end alright. And yup, defo hindsight as he was incredible at Atletico.
Ingenious time saving for the parents. Imagine only having to organize one day of birthday parties despite having 3 kids. I'd say good job to the Griezmanns.
so glad we didn’t go for him or he chose not to come here or whatever happened. I always hated the idea of this transfer. He was Sanchez waiting to happen but commanding a massive fee too. We missed the boat on him by the time he got to Madrid. They were his prime years and he was going pretty cheap at the time. That’s the phase we should be spotting players in instead of buying the fully developed guy who is looking for 2 massive contracts before he moves to a slower league.
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Yes, I remember plenty being against the transfer and those posters look spot on. If he was a-bit younger you could maybe say he might come good, but he's 30 now and looks on a steep decline.
Bullet well and truly dodged..
The transfer never made sense in the first place. He never fit in.
If we had signed him when we were linked it’d of been a much better fit.
If we had signed him when we were linked it’d of been a much better fit.
The move to Barca did always seem odd.