DBasia.news – Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone assumed Antoine Griezmann as the world’s best player. Griezmann’s performance for the previous season became the consideration of Simeone to give the label.
Griezmann is one of the key players of Atletico in recent season. The France national team player is the key success of Atletico when they got the UEFA title last season.
Griezmann gave his huge contribution for Les Bles in achieving the champion of 2018 World Cup after winning the match against Croatia in the final round. Unfortunately, his almost-perfect performance wasn’t enough to bring him as 2018 Ballon d’Or candidate.
Antoine Griezmann
He got defeated by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), and Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus). However, Simeone considered Griezmann as last season’s best player.
“I swear on my kids that I never saw us losing him,” Simeone praised him in the interview with ESPN. Barcelona were rumored approaching him as well. “I never saw him at Barcelona. I always felt like he would stay,” said the Argentinian coach.
Last season, Griezmann was very productive in every match. The 27-year-old player scored 37 goals in all competitive matches.