I don't feel the need to defend him, I'm simply making the point that you are talking nonsense and mixing your feelings with reality. Griezmann has not flirted with other clubs, he has been linked by the french press with several clubs but they talk nonsense 90% of the time when it comes to french players. His brother is a United fan and some have interpreted that as a sign that Griezmann would join us, they even invented the idea that he was a fan himself. As I already told you when asked in serious interviews(meaning not Yann Barthès), he has always said that ideally he wanted to stay in Spain and again when asked directly said that obviously Real Madrid wasn't an option, they tried to link him to PSG, Bayern and the PL(Arsenal and United). Italy is the only place that he talked about with interest outside of remaining in Spain, the later meaning that only Atletico and Barcelona were actual options, he eventually went to Barcelona which surprised no one who actually followed him.