We have to make up our minds: Antoine Griezmann will no longer return to the Blues. The 2018 world champion confirmed on Wednesday on Canal+ that he was “completely” done with the French team.
The Atlético Madrid attacking midfielder, who announced his international retirement at the end of September, played again for the first time in a stadium in France during a match against PSG.
A choice that is not “a whim”
“I was very proud and very surprised by all the nice messages received from supporters or people from the football world, I am very happy, I was very touched,” he declared after the victory of the Atlético in Paris in the Champions League (2-1). “I am happy to have left this beautiful mark,” added the striker, on the eve of the announcement of Didier Deschamps’ list for the next international break.
Is his career in Blue really over? “Yes completely, I am not going to go back, it was not at all a whim, it was carefully considered,” he assured. The encephalogram of hope is therefore completely flat. The only consolation prize: international retirement does not simply mean retirement. It is therefore still possible to see “Grizou” playing on the pitch, particularly in C1.
