Friday, September 3, 2021 at 15:32• Rian Rosendaal • Last update: 15:39

In the dressing room of Barcelona, ​​people are not sad about the departure of Antoine Griezmann, as you know Sport to be revealed on Friday. According to the Spanish newspaper, the French attacker’s return to Atlético Madrid was even received with cheers by the players of the Catalan club. Griezmann was never really seen as part of the group by the Barcelona players, it sounds like from Spain.

Griezmann often pretended to be enjoying himself at Barcelona, ​​but according to Sport the reality is very different. The departed attacker often did not feel at home in the dressing room, apparently lacked appreciation and love and did not feel as protected as in his first stint with Atlético. What also played a role was a statement by Griezmann in a documentary called ‘La Decision’ from 2018, in which he said he did not want to sign for Barcelona. A year later, however, the acquisition of 120 million euros was still presented in the Camp Nou.

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Where Griezmann was often the big star at Atlético, the Frenchman often struggled to reach his top level in Barcelona. He also openly complained of being misused, often as a left winger. In Griezmann’s view, he had to stop too often to let Lionel Messi perform optimally. Under Ernesto Valverde, the attacker already had that feeling and under successors Quique Setién and Ronald Koeman, Griezmann’s annoyance did not disappear. To his dismay, he often sat on the bench during Barcelona’s top duels.

Meanwhile, Atlético president Enrique Cerezo wonders how Griezmann will be received by the supporters. His departure in 2019 was quite turbulent. Griezmann did not show up for a trip to the United States at the time to force the transfer to Barcelona. “I would understand if the fans whistle Griezmann, but in the end we get nothing out of that,” it sounds in an interview with El Larguero. “He left here in a strange way, but on the other hand he showed that he really wanted to return to Atlético.”