Barcelona Continues to Aim for Antoine Griezmann

DBasia.news –  Barcelona still consistently plays in three different competitions: Copa del Rey, La Liga and Champions League. Barca are far from rivals in La Liga and have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Not only that, Blaugrana also had the opportunity to defend the Copa del Rey trophy when meeting Valencia in the final which will be held on May 25.

Despite showing consistent performance and strengthened by a number of quality players in the squad, this did not necessarily make the club feel satisfied with the strength of the squad. Even Barca has drawn up a plan to bring in some new players in the 2019 summer transfer market.

Reported by L’Equipe, Barcelona is rumored to be returning to try to bring in Atletico Madrid mainstay striker, Antoine Griezmann. The club has even offered a salary that is estimated to reach 16 million euros per year and will be binded until 2024.

As is known, Griezmann had indeed become the main target of El Barca, even the club president, Josep Maria Bartomeu also made a statement that he had met with the representative of the player to discuss the planned move. This also made Atleti had time to report the Camp Nou-based club to FIFA.

As additional information, Griezmann’s failure to leave Barcelona has made the 27-year-old player decide to increase his tenure with Atleti until 2023.

However, this does not give Barca the difficulty to gain his signature, as Griezmann is also rumored to be disappointed after Los Rojiblancos was eliminated by Juventus in the last 16 of the Champions League.

One thing that will make it challenging for the player to come to Camp Nou is the fantastic freelance clause Griezmann has. Barca must be prepared to spend at least 200 million euros.

If the former Real Sociedad player finally chose to leave and join Barcelona, ​​his arrival would certainly threaten the position of Philippe Coutinho. It is not impossible that the Brazilian will also be released, especially PSG and Manchester United are also reportedly interested in bringing him.