Antoine Griezmann recently decided to end his international career. The Atlético Madrid player does not intend to reverse his decision.
The French team has had some difficult times to manage in recent weeks. Among them, the announcement of the international retirement of Antoine Griezmann. A surprising decision for many in terms of its brutality. Because the 2018 world champion planned to compete in the next World Cup in 2026. But now, he was more and more isolated in the group. The defeat at the Parc des Princes in the Nations League against Italy last September will have definitively confirmed his decision to end his adventure with the Blues. And Mike Maignan is no stranger to this, he who was the author of a scathing speech in the locker room.
Maignan, the last straw for Griezmann?
In recent hours, The Team indicates in fact that the Milan goalkeeper had an important role in Griezmann's decision: “The September rally – his last -, without being decisive, will undoubtedly have played a role in his decision. Never before had the Madrilenian, in the group, appeared so isolated. He also took for himself Mike Maignan's speech after the defeat against Italy (1-3, September 6), where the goalkeeper greatly regretted, in essence, the behavior of starlets, which invited him to think that the time for departure had really come. “You put a bullet in his head,” an influential member of the Blues staff even whispered to the Milan goalkeeper in October about his speech at the Parc des Princes and the consequences on “Grizou”. Antoine Griezmann is now focusing on his season with Atlético Madrid. He says that then he will join the United States and its MLS. As a reminder, with the Blues, Griezmann had 137 caps for 44 goals scored. Legendary…
