Antoine Griezmann completes permanent return to Atletico Madrid

Antoine Griezmann
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Atletico Madrid have completed a permanent deal for loanee Antoine Griezmann, bringing his unhappy three-year spell at Barcelona to an end.

He moved to the Nou Camp in a spectacular £103million deal in July 2019 but became a symbol of the club’s profligacy as financial issues set in.

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Sean Cole
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Sean Cole is a freelance journalist. He has written for FourFourTwo, BBC Sport and When Saturday Comes among others. A Birmingham City supporter and staunch Nikola Zigic advocate, he once scored a hat-trick at St. Andrew’s (in a half-time game). He also has far too many football shirts and spends far too much time reading the Wikipedia pages of obscure players.