Antoine Griezmann is considered to be a burden at Barcelona

DBasia.news – Barcelona legend, Hristro Stoichkov criticized Blaugrana striker, Antoine Griezmann. The French striker was considered by Stoichkov to be a burden when he took to the field.

Stoichkov, a Barcelona legend, who used to play as a striker between 1990-1995 and 1996-1998, is unsure about Griezmann’s performance. When played, the 29 year old player did not appear as convincing as he did against PSG.

“Every time Griezmann is on the field, Barcelona plays with 10 players,” Stoichkov told Sportsport.ba.

“If they want to do something in the long term, they have to sell him. (Francisco) Trincao and (Martin) Braithwaite should be on the pitch. What was Griezmann doing there?”

Griezmann’s appearance has always been criticized since joining Atletico Madrid in 2019. Barcelona spent a lot to recruit him, with a dowry of 120 million euros, which incidentally was the purchase clause.

Antoine Griezmann’s game

This season Griezmann has scored 12 goals and provided 11 assists from 38 matches in all competitions with a total of 2,843 minutes played. This figure is not in accordance with public expectations for him.

Griezmann with the Barcelona legend who went to Atletico Madrid, Luis Suarez has a different style of play. Suarez, a smart penalty box predator looking for space, while Griezmann moved more to find space.

Griezmann also has not moved on from Diego Simeone’s football philosophy at Atletico so that he is defensively better than Barca’s other offensive players. But it shouldn’t really be needed at Ronald Koeman’s Barcelona.