Having rejected Barcelona to continue at Atletico Madrid last summer, Antoine Griezmann’s environment have since communicated to the La Liga winners about the forward’s interest to make a switch to Camp Nou.
The Spanish champions are looking at the profile of various strikers who can compliment Luis Suarez next season.
On the front page of Mundo Deportivo, the World Cup winner now joins Luka Jovic as the ‘two options’ to strengthen the attack for Ernesto Valverde’s side in the summer.
Benfica allowed the 21-year-old to join Eintracht Frankfurt on loan and the latter have the option to make his deal permanent.
The Catalan club will have to make a decision whether they have to decide on signing Jovic or should they make another approach for the Frenchman, after last summer’s disappointment.
There is a good opinion about the Serbian at Barcelona, the club having followed him extensively this season. The Blaugrana prefers a young player rather than an experienced forward and they have already contacted his environment to know the conditions for a transfer.
Griezmann, on the other hand, has left a lot of disappointment at the club and among supporters for rejecting Barcelona. In addition to this, he has a release clause of €200m, which will be reduced to €120m from July 1st, which is considered a bit expensive for a player who will turn 28 on Thursday.
Mundo cites RAC1 who claim in the last few weeks the European giants have contacted Jovic’s environment to inform about their interest in the player. As of now, the Eintracht star is a priority for Barca, and he would cost them at least €60m.
Griezmann released a documentary called ‘The Decision’ last summer to announce that he rejected Barcelona to stay at Atletico.
It’s still having an impact.
