Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo says Antoine Griezmann is among the many prime three or 4 gamers in Europe and can stay with the Spanish membership past this season.
Griezmann sealed a return to Atletico from Barcelona final August on an preliminary mortgage with an possibility to purchase after spending simply two years at Camp Nou.
He has struggled to recapture his greatest kind with Atleti, nonetheless, having scored simply eight targets in 35 appearances in all competitions.
Certainly, the France worldwide is on a 14-game run with out discovering the web in LaLiga, which is one in need of his longest aim drought within the competitors.
Griezmann’s 13 direct aim involvements in 2021-22 is the fourth most amongst Atletico gamers, in the meantime, behind Luis Suarez, Joao Felix (each 15) and Angel Correa (18).
However opposite to solutions within the Spanish press that Atleti are reluctant to buy the 31-year-old outright, Cerezo has made clear a deal is being labored on.
“Griezmann is our participant. He has a contract with Atletico Madrid and can keep right here at Atletico Madrid,” he mentioned at an occasion on Friday, as reported by AS.
“In my view, Antoine is amongst three or 4 greatest gamers in Europe.”
Atletico final week introduced that Suarez will depart Wanda Metropolitano on the finish of the marketing campaign.
They nonetheless have Alvaro Morata on their books, although, with the Spain worldwide’s two-year mortgage at Juventus coming to an finish after Saturday’s Serie A conflict with Fiorentina.
In contrast to with Griezmann, Cerezo was much less assertive when it got here to discussing Morata’s future within the Spanish capital.
“The reality is that I don’t know what’s going to occur to him,” he mentioned. “He’s our participant, however I don’t know what’s going to occur. I don’t know if Juve will maintain him or not. We don’t know.”
Atleti have conceded 42 targets in 37 LaLiga video games this time period, which is their worst document in a single marketing campaign since 2011-12 when Diego Simeone took over halfway by way of.
Jan Oblak particularly has endured a tough marketing campaign, although Cerezo rejected solutions that the goalkeeper may transfer on within the upcoming switch window.
“There are all the time rumours about all the pieces,” he mentioned. “Jan is a goalkeeper for Atletico de Madrid, and he has a contract. He might but renew for one more 10 years.”
