According to a survey carried out for the readers of Diario AS where they have participated more than 20,000 people, the 58% It would in favor of the return of the French, while the 42% do not want that next season he wears the Atleti shirt. This poll shows the feelings of the rojiblanca fans, a divided hobby where there are several factors that come into play when thinking about Griezmann’s return.
Arguments for his return
Main arguments that we find here are sports. Antoine Griezmann is probably the best player that Atléticos have seen on the Metropolitan pitch in a long time. His quality and vision of the game is undeniable. A footballer carved by Simeone, who strengthened his virtues and added defensive and positioning work on the field, becoming a decisive player for Atlético de Madrid and for a world champion France.
As we said, Simeone is the creator of a player who came to be a winger with quality and he left Atlético being a total attacker, playing in various positions and with an idea of defensive solidarity difficult to find in players of his stature. For that reason, Cholo is the one who most wants the return of his most gifted student. He wants to have the Frenchman in his eleven again, and if the Argentine loves him, it is a very powerful argument for his return.
The player’s desire also weighs, Griezmann is not considering another idea that is not his return to Atlético de Madrid. There are several teams that want to take over the services of Barcelona 7, but the Frenchman is clear about it, his future is to return to the rojiblanco club and is willing to lower his salary to work under Simeone. This speaks highly of the player commitment, that he could go to another team and continue charging the same, but his wish is to return to the capital and succeed with Atlético.
Arguments so that it does not return
The arguments against their return are mainly sentimental. Antoine Griezmann He did a lot of damage to the Atlético de Madrid fans with his departure, especially because of the ways in which he left.
In the memory of all the athletic is the video of the Frenchman announcing his departure to Barcelona after five seasons. A video that arrived a year after the documentary The decision in #Vamos, where Griezmann was speculating until the last moment about his continuity in the rojiblanco club. He decided to stay, but a year later he left.
The fans also do not forget how that march was cooked. The day that Atlético were playing their pass to the knockout stages of the Champions League against Juventus, Griezmann could have signed a preliminary agreement with Barcelona. When the fans found out about this, they considered that the Frenchman was not focused on Atlético, but was thinking about his future outside the club in March.
To this is added some other rudeness to the fans, What send silence to the stands del Metropolitano in a league match against Valencia. OR the great media noise to which Griezmann always exposed himself with his statements and his doubts about his future.
With both arguments on the table, the mattress amateur puts them on a scale and has doubts, but, as the survey shows, the arguments in favor carry more weight. Griezmann is a sure value of success, wanting the return of the French is thinking A more competitive Atlético de Madrid, with more quality and more decisive. That Griezmann returns is great news for Simeone’s aspirations.
It is true that negative arguments weigh heavily on the fans, but time and, above all, the results heal everything. Griezmann knows what he did and how he did it, That is why he will give the maximum to earn the forgiveness of that sector of the fans most reluctant on his return. At the end of the day, if they want the best for their team, they know that the best thing is to see Antoine Griezmann on the Metropolitan pitch. The Frenchman’s destiny is to be one of the legends of Atlético de Madrid.