And it looked highly likely that the French striker will join the Red Devils for a world record fee.
However, when Atletico Madrid discovered that the appeal against their transfer ban had been rejected, the move fell through as the Spanish club wouldn’t have been able to replace him.
And now Griezmann’s future is again up in the air after Atletico landed Diego Costa this month.
But United set to sign Alexis Sanchez, it appears they no longer need Greizmann.
It seems now that all roads are leading him to Barcelona.
The Catalan club have been heavily linked with the forward and a very interesting report has just been published by Spanish outlet Sport.
They claim that Barca and Griezmann have a ’secret pact’ for a deal next summer.
In fact, the agreement is so concrete that Griezmann would have to pay Barcelona compensation if he decides not to make the move. Similarly, Barca would have to pay Griezmann compensation if they pull out of the deal.
As so often in the modern day, the terms of the contract have been agreed with the player and the club but the transfer fee still needs to be sorted.
The Blaugrana are trying to negotiate so they don’t have to pay the full €100 million release clause but Atleti are reluctant to budge on that.
Either way, the report states that “Barcelona already has its first signing for the 2018-19 season” and that nothing can disrupt the deal.
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