If he doesn't come this summer, he'll never come.
Antoine Griezmann| Signs a new contract till 2022
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I admire him for not leaving Atletico in the sh*t. We might get him next year but we definitely won't get him in January.
That doesn't really make any sense. His cost would probably be the same either in January or after next season. Either way he wouldn't be playing for us in Europe, but in one option he does play in all our domestic matches for an extra half a season.
In saying that, I expect it probably won't happen until the end of the season.
Yes, he just signed a new contract in this last 12 months.
If true I suspect no more than a pay bump for his loyalty
Dick.
I think it's just to give him more money for choosing to stay one more season - nothing more
It might increase his salary because his loyalty to stay. Also, Atleitco got money to spend on him because they won't buy any player now.
It doesn't mean he'll stay there on next 5 years.
Look how Suarez left to Barca, rejected Arsenal and signed a bump contract, gone to Barca next summer.
It doesn't mean he'll stay there on next 5 years.
Look how Suarez left to Barca, rejected Arsenal and signed a bump contract, gone to Barca next summer.
Yep.
It's not necessarily a problem unless they up his release clause. If they do that they can feck off and so can he.
No doubt there'll be an increase in his buyout clause. Nailed on certainty.
We should stop pondering over Griezmann. I think we will have different targets next year.
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Atletico offered him a new contract because they wanted to increase his release clause and that's not a new thing. They are at it since April.
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Yeah this is a pay increase. A loyalty bonus if you will, probably for him choosing to stay after the transfer ban. Fancy him to go next summer still.
People being irritated by this are, at best, ridiculously one-eyed, and at worst, utterly weird. He quite literally owes us nothing. He never did. He may have agreed to sign and then realised he'd be letting Atletico down. That seems a pretty admirable approach to me. I doubt we'd have shown the same loyalty had he done his knee the night before signing his contract. Things change. Let's be honest, he wasn't joining us because he believed we were best placed to help him make the final step and win the CL.
Exactly. He'll move next year
I think the salary, If he's to move A higher release clause is against his future ambitions.
Oh look he's being "rewarded for his loyalty"...
Because Atletico didn't contact him after the ban was upheld and offer him a shitload of money to stay, no its loyalty. If he was truly staying through loyalty surely there would be no need for another new contract... It also isn't loyal to go back on his word with United, letting us think he wanted the move only to change his mind last second.
I think a lot of people have their heads too far up his ass to realise this of course. I hope we don't move for him next summer.
Because Atletico didn't contact him after the ban was upheld and offer him a shitload of money to stay, no its loyalty. If he was truly staying through loyalty surely there would be no need for another new contract... It also isn't loyal to go back on his word with United, letting us think he wanted the move only to change his mind last second.
I think a lot of people have their heads too far up his ass to realise this of course. I hope we don't move for him next summer.
Yeah, I can understand the salary bump - that's a sweetener for staying with them for the extra year, but no need for him to agree to an increase in his buyout clause too.
I don't know what you mean.
The reports were that Atletico offered him a higher wage for a higher release clause.
You're talking about Liverpool, yes? *White text*
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Quite the opposite actually
You believe his buyout clause will decrease?
Not necessarily. He isnt being rewarded a new contract for "loyalty" per say. He has no choice but to stay for at least another 6 months. No big team is going to spend close to 100m to sign you mid season and not use your services in Europe. So essentially he is stuck till next summer. In a bid to keep your best player happy since he cant move, they give him a bigger salary but not essentially increasing his release clause. He has made it clear to wants to leave Athletico to win trophies. So he isnt going to agree for a bigger release clause.
Assuming he's staying out of loyalty, why would Atletico bother extending the contract and bumping his wages if the release clause remains the same? They'd just be losing more money since he'd leave for the same price in the end (assuming he actually is joining us next season).
I just assumed that was part of the agreement (i.e. you stay for another year to see us through the transfer ban period and we'll pay you more).
He'll be here next summer.
Looks like a compromise, stay one more season (a la Ronaldo in 2008) and then he can go.
Looks like a compromise, stay one more season (a la Ronaldo in 2008) and then he can go.
ultimate dick tease. I salute you sir.That sounds realistic to me. It just contradicts all of this loyalty talk if money was needed to convince him to stay.
Griezmann has been offered a contract in April, he has been negotiating with Atletico since that time. The rest is speculation from football fans.
In before January 2018.
That was probably part of the agreement, in case the transfer ban was upheld to sweeten the deal and ensure that Griezmann stays for another year at least.
He let them pay his loyalty. Let's see next year if we're still interested
I was referring to your nailed on certainty claim
Sick of him at this stage.
He could have been an iconic figure at united
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