It has been a busy summer for the Atlético star, who has completely broken off negotiations for a renewal that were already well advanced. The reason is clear: the possibility of him leaving Atlético de Madrid is latent and real for next season. Antoine Griezmann is already finishing his last stages in European football, the Frenchman has a good chance of leaving for the United States in June.
The Frenchman has two more years on his contract with the club from Madrid and there is no doubt that the arrival ofJulián Álvarez is more than oriented towards his departure. He knows it: the Argentine was designated as the future replacement of the Frenchman, although if he really does leave the club, the red-and-whites will go to the market in search of another player. There is a team that has pushed hard to get his services: it is LAFC , where he has very good relations.
First of all, it should be noted that Antoine Griezmann dreams of the United States . It is a league and a country that he is passionate about and that he visits continuously whenever he can. In that team there are two important friends of his, from the French national team, who are eagerly awaiting him, and an even more important ex-player for the Maçon star.
Olivier Giroud and Hugo Lloris could be his teammates
Both Olivier Giroud and Hugo Lloris have joined the LAFC project in recent months, the goalkeeper has a contract with the Los Angeles team until December. The striker arrived this summer after exhausting his contract with AC Milan , the Rossoneri team and the player decided to separate their paths. Olivier Giroud , one of Antoine Griezmann 's great partners in the French national team for all these years, has a contract until December 2025.
Antoine Griezmann could be in the cards around that time, and football gossip reports say he could be there by June. The player wanted to play for another year with the red-and-white team, and it will be his decision whether to exhaust his contract with the Madrid club or embark on the American adventure. In Los Angeles they hope he will arrive this coming summer and put an end to his European stage before the World Cup.
The mediation of Carlos Vela
Atlético de Madrid will respect any decision the Frenchman makes, whether in one direction or another. What is clear is that they will not do anything crazy to keep him, unless the Frenchman's performance is exceptional. They believe that, now, he is on his last legs, even though for Diego Simeone he continues to be a regular, he has already scored one goal this season, it was against Girona .
The Americans, with the mediation of Carlos Vela , his great friend who was a footballer for the Californians for almost a decade, are waiting for him. They have often talked about what life on the Pacific coast would be like, but now it can become a reality. The economic offer is better than that of Atlético and Antoine Griezmann 's dream can become a reality.
Before that, however, the Frenchman still has some challenges to meet. For example, whether he will be able to reach 200 goals for Atlético . He is only eighteen goals away from achieving this, just as he wants to win more titles: that League that has been so difficult for him, or the Champions League itself, has a release clause of 12 million .