On Twitter, the Atlético de Madrid striker was quick to cut short reports that he could join Bilbao this summer.
In difficulty for several weeks, Antoine Griezmann could be content to observe a well-deserved vacation. But rumors about its future are never far away, especially when the phone is at hand. So the Mâconnais can afford to react to information without making too much noise, as he did in likant two posts by journalists (including Fabrizio Romano) evoking the false rumors sending him to Athletic Bilbao.
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Launched by the Iberian press, the rumor was fueled by a possible return of Marcelo Bielsa to the Basque Country. Passed on the bench of the Basque club between 2011 and 2013, with the key to a Europa League final (lost against Atlético de Madrid in 2013), the Argentinian would have liked to build around the 31-year-old French international.
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Only, “that’s not even a possibility right now“, hastened to tweet the insider Fabrizio Romano, in a post liked by Griezmann. In another post liked by the striker, journalist Oier Fano Dadebat recalls that Real Sociedad, rival club Bilbao, “is one of its most expensive clubs“. An arrival at the rival would then be unthinkable.
Griezmann should continue his journey at Atlético de Madrid, where he is on loan from Barça until June 2023. A season where he hopes to return to “its highest level“Recalls Romano, while the Mâconnais has not found the net since the beginning of January.