He could play from the right or in the number 10. He is an amazing goal fret... with great technical ability.
Antoine Griezmann| Catalunya Radio say Griezmann to Barcelona is done for €100m
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If we sign him, hope it isn't at the expense of a RW.
He is an upgrade on Mata.
Griezmann at 10/shadow striker would be perfect and everything is all in place set for it, I'd be very surprised if Griezmann isn't our big signing next summer.
He is a better goal scorer/finisher than Mata or Mkhitaryan, younger than both, genuinely world class, proven at the very highest level, can play in either a front 3 or behind the main striker and most importantly WANTS to play for us by the sound/look of it.
We'd still need another right back, a first choice left back, a midfielder if/when Carrick retires at the end of the season and a right winger/forward but I'd imagine Griezmann coming in would mean one of Mata or Mkhitaryan leaving so the money would be there for all things needed.
He is a better goal scorer/finisher than Mata or Mkhitaryan, younger than both, genuinely world class, proven at the very highest level, can play in either a front 3 or behind the main striker and most importantly WANTS to play for us by the sound/look of it.
We'd still need another right back, a first choice left back, a midfielder if/when Carrick retires at the end of the season and a right winger/forward but I'd imagine Griezmann coming in would mean one of Mata or Mkhitaryan leaving so the money would be there for all things needed.
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if he come here next season/January, Mkhi or especially Mata wont be here with us I think. well, Griezmann is better than them. Martial/Rashford - Mkhi - Griezman behind Lukaku look great.
Dont know about Mata, but Mkhi isnt going anywhere, has the 4th most minutes this season in all competitions behind De Gea, Lukaku and Matic.
I would fear for Mata mostly but think Mkhi would still see a lot of game time as he is capable of playing across the 3 positions behind the striker.
"However, despite his goal, which was his third in three games at Atletico’s new stadium, Griezmann’s overall display left a lot to be desired."
https://www.google.com/amp/www.mirr...iezmann-scouting-report-atletico-11249677.amp
'Griezmann feels Chelsea fully deserved the three points, but suggests Atletico could have avoided defeat had he stepped up his game.
“They were the better team in every aspect,” said Griezmann. “There is nothing else to say. We must try and win all our games now.'
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ex...d-Antoine-Griezmann-Champions-League-News/amp
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AG did nothing against Chelsea. I thought he would do better. Opinions post Chelsea? Chelsea is the type of team he would face in EPL, comments? It could be a bad game? Pressure to win since Costa there? I just don't see him solving the any of the problems current MU attacking line faces. In fact, I now think everyone of our attack is undroppable for AG. What do you think post Chelsea game?
https://www.google.com/amp/www.mirr...iezmann-scouting-report-atletico-11249677.amp
'Griezmann feels Chelsea fully deserved the three points, but suggests Atletico could have avoided defeat had he stepped up his game.
“They were the better team in every aspect,” said Griezmann. “There is nothing else to say. We must try and win all our games now.'
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ex...d-Antoine-Griezmann-Champions-League-News/amp
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AG did nothing against Chelsea. I thought he would do better. Opinions post Chelsea? Chelsea is the type of team he would face in EPL, comments? It could be a bad game? Pressure to win since Costa there? I just don't see him solving the any of the problems current MU attacking line faces. In fact, I now think everyone of our attack is undroppable for AG. What do you think post Chelsea game?
Sorry to double post, I still think it's a good idea to get AG as a strategic buy, but I don't know if he will add any new dimension. I just wouldn't want another top team to buy him as, nonetheless, he can or can not do well. If I was gong to err, I would rather do so having AG.
I don't know. I have this feeling that he's not 'tough' enough for the Premier League. I could be wrong of course, but he doesn't give me the impression that he can excel if the whole team is not playing well.
Again, I could be wrong but we'll see.
They will all be with us. You need a big squad and we can accommodate all of them, especially when you consider injuries, suspensions, loss of form etc.
I find him a bit hit and miss and not really sure how he came third in the Ballon D'or (Top scorer at Euros?)
If he joined I'm sure he could replace Mata and get 15-20 league goals but also be equally as frustrating as Mkhitaryan can be for us and like Mkhitaryan, go missing in games.
If you look at other players from the top 6, Sanchez, De Bruyne, Eriksen, Hazard, Mane who can produce a moment of brilliance and with maybe the exception of Eriksen be unplayable at times, can he do the same? because that's the type of player we need.
I'd like to be wrong if he did join.
But aint Pogba, Tony M and Ross the scorpion kick that already?
They all have the skill to conjure something out of nothing and have proved that already so im not 100% sure on what you are saying he will add ... like more of what we have already. But its likely to be Mkhi who he'd replace. So you see where I am?
I believed 100% he would come but I feel like it won't happen anymore 
My only reason is because Barca will be sniffing for him.
My only reason is because Barca will be sniffing for him.
I think he's definitely losing abit of motivation playing at Atletico now and waiting for January, especially when Diego Costa is going there
What exactly are these problems?, also please tell me you are joking when you say you won't drop one of mata, mkhi or rashford for griezmann, he is much better than any of the names mentioned, it would take an incredibly red tinted view to say he won't get picked ahead of those three.
Also what exactly does it mean by Chelsea being type of team he will face in epl and this insinuation that he can't play well against that quality, he faces Barcelona and Madrid, two teams much better than any epl team and performed decently against them.
No doubt he will be a United player but it's still crap that he back tracked on us.
He is better than all tbose players in my opinion. I love Hazard woukd have him here in a minute but AG has shown better levels than him. He is a level or two above what we have currently.
Where would he even fit in at Barca? If he leaves its 100% to United.I believed 100% he would come but I feel like it won't happen anymore
My only reason is because Barca will be sniffing for him.
Shame his release clause doesn't revert back until the summer. If Atletico go out of the CL at the group stages (0 points after 2 games) I could've seen him leaving out the door as Costa walked in.
It does though. 010118.
In that case may the shit form continue!
I was thinking we'd buy him in January with Costa going there. But now we know that Zlatan's back I'm not so sure. Probably makes more sense to buy AG in the summer waving goodbye to ZI.
Either way, I'm happy. He'd be cup tied anyway I guess.
I do not believe this player is the solution to our problems. I could see him doing what Mkhitaryan is doing now; awful performance after awful performance, and somehow managing to mask it with a goal or an assist every now and then.
I think he'll stay at Atletico until the summer at least and at that point I suspect he'll just be open to offers again. However, if we could get him in Jan, imagine how great our previously lacking numbers would suddenly look?
#9 - Lukaku
#10 - Ibrahimovic
#7 - Griezmann
#10 - Ibrahimovic
#7 - Griezmann
I believed 100% he would come but I feel like it won't happen anymore
My only reason is because Barca will be sniffing for him.
Can't see Barca going for him. If they wanted him they would of went for it with the Neymar money. Plus Griezmann loves Atletico so he wouldn't go to another Spanish team anyways.
What on earth...
Watched the Chelsea game twice and he really didn't make any impact apart from the penalty which he hit straight down the middle. Chelsea dealt with him and he seriously over hit a couple balls into the box.
A few posters have hinted his form is poor because he decided to stay at Athletico to help them through the transfer ban. If that is the case he really should have taken on board the implications of staying and factored that into his mental approach. Doesn't this indicate a mental weakness which you wouldn't expect from a £92m player?
A few posters have hinted his form is poor because he decided to stay at Athletico to help them through the transfer ban. If that is the case he really should have taken on board the implications of staying and factored that into his mental approach. Doesn't this indicate a mental weakness which you wouldn't expect from a £92m player?
He was happy to stay and signed a new contract, so his performances are surely aren't related to that. If we were to sign a secondary striker, I'd personally prefer Dybala.
I wish I was as confident as many of you on here who are certain he will end up at United.
If that's the case it makes his current form even more inexplicable. He did say it would be a "dirty move to leave now". Jose does seem keen though.
Dybala would want to be top dog and may not fancy rotating with Romalu.
Either on the right or left of Messi, opposite Suarez. They would bench Dembele as he's still a kid.
His release clause in the summer was too high for Barcelona to make sense of going for him then. Grizou has always said he prefers staying in Spain. Now that Neymar is gone I can see him seeing Barca as a viable option. It's the least riskiest for him as well as he knows the league and all the players.
I could see PSG offering him crazy wages to join and his buy out now looks good value... french player - possibly on the back of a good world cup for France to form a mobile front three of Neymar Mbappe and Griezman - yeah I could see that happening especially as FFP does not seem to be a thing anymore
If we bid £90M (or whatever), another club like Barca will put in their bid of say £100M. The bidding war will push the price to proper market value, which may be in the region of £150M.
Just because a player has a cheap release clause, does not mean that that is the exact price which he will be sold for.
Ultimately though it depends on what the players wants, ie. does he want to stay at A.Madrid or does he want to move (and which club does he prefer to move to). Personally, I think that if Barca show the cash, there is no way that we can compete for him, because Barca are a far better club to play for and after Moyes/LVG, MUFC are not currently an elite level team.
What I do find interesting is that some fans have convinced themselves that big players move in January. It really amazes me that when it comes to transfers, human beings throw logic out of the window. And if we are ignoring logic, why not talk about signing Messi and Ronaldo on 1st January?
My friend, you are being too logical. There is no place for logic on this forum.
Not after what they spent to sign him. Once he's fit, he starts consistently. Griezmann would be a far better fit here than at Barca.
If we bid £90M (or whatever), another club like Barca will put in their bid of say £100M. The bidding war will push the price to proper market value, which may be in the region of £150M.
Just because a player has a cheap release clause, does not mean that that is the exact price which he will be sold for.
Ultimately though it depends on what the players wants, ie. does he want to stay at A.Madrid or does he want to move (and which club does he prefer to move to). Personally, I think that if Barca show the cash, there is no way that we can compete for him, because Barca are a far better club to play for and after Moyes/LVG, MUFC are not currently an elite level team.
What I do find interesting is that some fans have convinced themselves that big players move in January. It really amazes me that when it comes to transfers, human beings throw logic out of the window. And if we are ignoring logic, why not talk about signing Messi and Ronaldo on 1st January?
My friend, you are being too logical. There is no place for logic on this forum.
Surely it depends on where he wants to go. If we trigger his release clause and Barca up it by 10m, we don't have to beat their offer, we just let the player decide.
Why would Barca or for that matter anybody be willing to pay more than the €100mn release clause, it is the maximum any club needs to pay to get griezmann if he is willing to sign for them, i agree that it is not as done and dusted to us as people think.
Also if barca come in he might well decide to stay in spain and go to barca, but it isn't a slam dunk either, Barca right now are in a very weak shape, Messi i think will be a big target for city next season, their midfield is one of weakest among all top teams, a defence that isn't anything to speak about either, their attack is old, suarez and messi are both 30, yes they have signed Dembele but is he really enough, I see barca facing a rebuild of similar proportions to what we had to go through post SAF, especially if messi leaves, also given what happened this summer their chasing of targets is not going much better than it did for us under Moyes, Griezmann has stated he wants to win trophies are barca at their current strength really going achieve that for him. I am more worried about likes of Chelsea or City or worse Madrid coming to the picture.
What club would pay more than the release clause? The whole point is that once the clause is activated then the decision is in the players hands. So if the clause was met by us and Barcelona and he chose Barcelona, nothing would change by us offering an extra 10 mil to Atletico.If we bid £90M (or whatever), another club like Barca will put in their bid of say £100M. The bidding war will push the price to proper market value, which may be in the region of £150M.
Just because a player has a cheap release clause, does not mean that that is the exact price which he will be sold for.
Ultimately though it depends on what the players wants, ie. does he want to stay at A.Madrid or does he want to move (and which club does he prefer to move to). Personally, I think that if Barca show the cash, there is no way that we can compete for him, because Barca are a far better club to play for and after Moyes/LVG, MUFC are not currently an elite level team.
What I do find interesting is that some fans have convinced themselves that big players move in January. It really amazes me that when it comes to transfers, human beings throw logic out of the window. And if we are ignoring logic, why not talk about signing Messi and Ronaldo on 1st January?
My friend, you are being too logical. There is no place for logic on this forum.
As for January window, granted its not as likely to happen but just off the top of my head Mata and Draxler were January moves. Also Griezmann's situation is unique due to the transfer ban. Its been said he was planning on moving this summer but stayed to help the team due to the ban. The ban is lifted in January, Costa arrives in January. Its a huge difference to Messir or Ronaldo as you mentioned.
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