“I don’t know if I will remain in Spain,” Antoine Griezmann said.
A day later, Atlético Madrid’s CEO was saying something else: “It’s clear to me where Griezmann is going to play, it has been known since March... He will go to Barcelona.”
Was it a slip of the tongue? Unlikely. Miguel Ángel Gil Marín is known for his deliberate approach when speaking to the media. So why is the club announcing his destination before the player himself?
One theory is has to do with the Frenchman’s release clause, which currently stands at 200 million euro.