I intend to hunt him down.
Antoine Griezmann| Signs a new contract till 2022
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Must be weird for Atletico fans knowing that he's only staying out of pity. Going by those quotes at least.
Gotta say, I admire his decision. Bad news for us though.
It's entirely Atletico's own unscrupulous fault both for the original charges and that they tried to appeal them which postponed the ban on to this summer rather than last.
He's 26 now and needed to be smarter than a super villain's pet dog.
I agree, it is Athleticos fault and they don't deserve it. Their fans, the team, Simeone however are a different matter.
Worst thing is United 'fans' on social media abusing him and his brother for the transfer not happening. Utterly embarrassing.
Funny enough, alot of Atletico fan friends of mine are really unhappy with him even though he is staying. He has done alot of damage to the Atletico fans.
So, odds on us getting drawn against Atletico at some stage in next season's Champions League?
Really glad this hasn't dragged on all Summer.
I didn't like the 'tease' element of what he was doing, I really can't stand it when players do that.
And I wasn't that keen on the transfer anyway. I'm really hoping we get in a few PL proven goal scorers this window - players with multiple seasons under their belt who have the stats of goals here in the PL.
I think we've had enough 'time to bed in' transfers over the last few seasons, and if you're gonna come here and be paid double what other clubs are paying, you need to deliver. And while Griezmann might well have done that, there's always that added gamble of paying that kind of money for a player that's never played in the PL.
Same goes for that Rodriguez chap, who, to be honest, I'd rather we weren't in for.
I didn't like the 'tease' element of what he was doing, I really can't stand it when players do that.
And I wasn't that keen on the transfer anyway. I'm really hoping we get in a few PL proven goal scorers this window - players with multiple seasons under their belt who have the stats of goals here in the PL.
I think we've had enough 'time to bed in' transfers over the last few seasons, and if you're gonna come here and be paid double what other clubs are paying, you need to deliver. And while Griezmann might well have done that, there's always that added gamble of paying that kind of money for a player that's never played in the PL.
Same goes for that Rodriguez chap, who, to be honest, I'd rather we weren't in for.
I along with a few other posters claimed the ban could keep him there and I was met with condescending replies about how that's not how footballers work etc.
Turns out some footballers work like that, after all.
Turns out some footballers work like that, after all.
No they're not. And they could not have pointed the finger at Griezmann if he had left.
Ultimately the team would have continued without him. Griezmann however just took a year off his career.
So now the fans are at fault for the club's behaviour? Tell me exactly how 'they're not' a different matter.
Simeone tricked Beckham in World cup and now hes stopped Griezmann from wearing his idol's Shirt too
What a cnut
What a cnut
how you mean?
CAS can get fecked.
Don't see the club going back in for him tbh. United basically had to bite the pillow in this whole situation and are obviously embarrassed by the event, given their rubbish about cooling their interest.
Most stages of the transfer were very public and it eventually resulted in him snubbing us.
Most stages of the transfer were very public and it eventually resulted in him snubbing us.
Fans, players, coaches, board, are all part of the same thing.
It's widely said he feels his career has reached its natural end at Atletico and he feels the need to move on to a fresh challenge at a club with higher reaches (plus triple his wages); a footballer's career is short, he's going to spend a peak year stagnating.
This.
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I don't see Griezmann staying as a noble act unlike some.
Atletico have cheated, they have been caught and convicted and regardless of fans or players they deserve to be punished.
Griezmann openly flirted with the option of leaving only to now commit himself to Atletico.
Now I do believe they are a better side than us right now but I also 100% agree that he cannot and will not progress any further at the club especially given they cannot sign anyone to improve further.
A new challenge and a new club would have given him that and being brutally honest I'd rather he left Atletico then stay for the reasons given.
He is wasting a year having admitted he feels the team is essentially at a peak. The only way this decision is vindicated is by then winning the league which I do not see happening.
I was very excited to see him take up the No7 shirt but now I'd really rather he never wear a United shirt. He's chosen Atletico so bed made as far as I'm concerned. A really wasted opportunity to create history.
Atletico have cheated, they have been caught and convicted and regardless of fans or players they deserve to be punished.
Griezmann openly flirted with the option of leaving only to now commit himself to Atletico.
Now I do believe they are a better side than us right now but I also 100% agree that he cannot and will not progress any further at the club especially given they cannot sign anyone to improve further.
A new challenge and a new club would have given him that and being brutally honest I'd rather he left Atletico then stay for the reasons given.
He is wasting a year having admitted he feels the team is essentially at a peak. The only way this decision is vindicated is by then winning the league which I do not see happening.
I was very excited to see him take up the No7 shirt but now I'd really rather he never wear a United shirt. He's chosen Atletico so bed made as far as I'm concerned. A really wasted opportunity to create history.
You really are a little dim aren't you? I guess we should blame you for us not finishing top 4 this season too.
But we still made it very clear that we retain an interest in the player and a move may materialize in the future?
I still believe that we told Griezmann that we can't pay the release clause. Atletico wouldn't sell him either. The whole "staying to help the club" is a charade imo - he had no choice left to but to say this
He pussied out of the deal. If he knew before hand that he might have to stay in A.Madrid why then did he act the way he did the week prior to the decision. He acted as if he wanted out regardless of the decision and then now is saying he cant leave the team in a bad moment.
If I had to guess? He will sign for Barcelona next year when they want to replace Suarez. Giving him the continuation of life in Spain, and a league he knows and love.
Ah ffs, that'll help.
This is the thing that confuses me, why was he so publicly flirting with you guys if his entire decision hinged on the CAS ruling. Seems a little idiotic to do that. Maybe it's just his personality to be so open but idk found it a little weird .
I think he just wanted a new big contract at Atletico
The fans are innocent victims just like him but there's always innocent victims in any corrupt machine, in this case he should have been pig-headed and looked after the far more valuable commodity which was his career. The fans will still be there in January when he can be replaced, if an existing player didn't already step up to the plate anyway.
Some people really are melting down and embarrassing the rest of us United fans aren't you 
It would have been great had we signed Griezemann, and who knows, next summer it might happen.
BUT.
I didn't once think he was going to be a perfect signing. Imagine we needed someone who was an amazing crossing winger, and we sign Beckham, or an amazing out and out goalscorer, and we sign Van Nistelrooy. Griezemann would never be a specialist in any area. Sure he's creative, can score, can track back, can lift a team and can be the star player, but I can't help but think we just wanted to sign him, because he is world class. Similar to Di Maria. We saw him being offered about by agents and advisors and we spunked our cash on Di Maria because he was a world class player playing for Real Madrid.
I've got the fairly unpopular opinion that INSTEAD of signing Griezmann and shoving him into the team and hoping it works because he's world class, the idea that signing a specialised less fashionable player in the form of an out and out winger PLUS a specialised striker to create the right chances and score the chances is a much more logical approach.
It would have been great had we signed Griezemann, and who knows, next summer it might happen.
BUT.
I didn't once think he was going to be a perfect signing. Imagine we needed someone who was an amazing crossing winger, and we sign Beckham, or an amazing out and out goalscorer, and we sign Van Nistelrooy. Griezemann would never be a specialist in any area. Sure he's creative, can score, can track back, can lift a team and can be the star player, but I can't help but think we just wanted to sign him, because he is world class. Similar to Di Maria. We saw him being offered about by agents and advisors and we spunked our cash on Di Maria because he was a world class player playing for Real Madrid.
I've got the fairly unpopular opinion that INSTEAD of signing Griezmann and shoving him into the team and hoping it works because he's world class, the idea that signing a specialised less fashionable player in the form of an out and out winger PLUS a specialised striker to create the right chances and score the chances is a much more logical approach.
He is an indecisive person IMO. He doesn't want to leave Spain there's no doubt about that but once United interest getting real people in his circle would love to see him move, to see him being bigger, so what he do? He made excuses not to. First, it's because of weather.. and got shot down by Mourinho. Second, because United lack of CL. When that's also out of the way, he had no excuses left so he just resigned to the fact. He said what people in his circle want to hear from him: he's ambitious, want to win things, and doesn't fear of moving. He didn't even think about transfer ban for a second (that why he told Madrid he wants a move 3 DAYS before CAS) but once it happened it all clicked to him. "Wait a minute, I can stay! There's now a very good reason I can and SHOULD stay and doesn't have to put up with big pressure being a star player at United in a foreign land trying to actually win big things!"
What a load of rubbish. It's as if he needs a reason to stay. He could have said I don't want to move, end of.
Which is precisely why I admire what he's done.
Well, yes he NEEDS a reason to stay. Otherwise he will spend his whole life trying to explain to people about "why don't you move to United when they're interested?" Now he doesn't have to. It's all clear.
If he's at Real or Barca yes, he can definitely say I don't want a move. At Atletico? No, that not suffice.
No he doesn't.
I find it hard to believe people are going to pester him about why he didn't move and even they did, he could say I just didn't want to move, it's that simple.For all this talk, you'd think Griezmann was staying at relegation fodder. Atleti are still a superior team to us.
Like I said, If he's at Real or Barca yes, he can definitely say I don't want a move. At Atletico? No, that not suffice.No he doesn't.
For all this talk, you'd think Griezmann was staying at relegation fodder. Atleti are still a superior team to us.
As for the bold, it's just your opinion. He will look stupid if he say it out loud. What did he win with Atletico?
Why not? The only thing we can offer him that Atleti can't is more money. Also, Atleti are superior to us, they haven't won shite, but they're playing in a league that is far superior to ours. They've made 2 CL finals in the past few years, whilst we've been crawling over the line into the top four. It really isn't a comparison, they're still a better team than we are.
After all this Griezmann debacle, Bale not going anywhere and Perisic being linked with us, Id be more happy if we could do something radical like resign Di Maria instead just for laughs.
Meh.. footballers will not look at the past for transfer. They will look to the future, from the plan of the club.
We won't spend nearly a world record fee for him to see his nice football, that's for sure. Mourinho will make it clear to him what our ambition is and it will be the same one Pogba accepted last summer and made it clear himself when he won the Europa: To win PL and CL. At Atletico there's no such pressure. You will delude yourself if you think there is.
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I havent been in this thread since about three days ago. So is the griez-o-muppeter still dead low? 
Not dead low just dead, it's over.I havent been in this thread since about three days ago. So is the griez-o-muppeter still dead low?
Not even sure why this thread is still open. This is as dead as a doornailI havent been in this thread since about three days ago. So is the griez-o-muppeter still dead low?
Is it possible this is a blessing in disguise?
I have to admit seeing some of our fans overrate him has become a bit cringeworthy and embarrassing. He was never a United player so why everyone was acting like him joining us was a foregone conclusion is beyond me.
If you ask me, he seems like another Cnut who was simply using our stature for a bigger contract.
There's plenty of other options out there. Money is not a factor so why don't we just go all in for somebody like Neymar or Bale? Smash the world record again. Or if we don't want a shiny new toy, just get someone who simply fits Mourinho's system like Perisic or Willian. Football is a team game and to be honest, we don't know if Griezmann could cope with the pressure of being the "big new signing" anyway.
Obviously I'd like him here but I'm not gutted he's not coming. He doesn't want to join so feck him. It's time we start getting players who want to join and play for the badge. Look how Di Maria worked out.
I have to admit seeing some of our fans overrate him has become a bit cringeworthy and embarrassing. He was never a United player so why everyone was acting like him joining us was a foregone conclusion is beyond me.
If you ask me, he seems like another Cnut who was simply using our stature for a bigger contract.
There's plenty of other options out there. Money is not a factor so why don't we just go all in for somebody like Neymar or Bale? Smash the world record again. Or if we don't want a shiny new toy, just get someone who simply fits Mourinho's system like Perisic or Willian. Football is a team game and to be honest, we don't know if Griezmann could cope with the pressure of being the "big new signing" anyway.
Obviously I'd like him here but I'm not gutted he's not coming. He doesn't want to join so feck him. It's time we start getting players who want to join and play for the badge. Look how Di Maria worked out.
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