Internationally retired since September, Antoine Griezmann would have been notably impacted by criticism from Mike Maignan during the first rally of the season. Words which weighed in the decision to end his career with the France team.
A share of responsibility for Mike Maignan?
We thought the criticisms of Mike Maignaneven more acerbic in the locker room than in front of the press after the defeat against Italy (1-3), during the international gathering in September, more directed towards Kylian Mbappé and his questionable defensive involvement, but it is clear that collateral victims exist. Among them, Antoine Griezmann.
According to information from The Teamthe best decisive passer in the history of the France team, already thinking about his international future after a frustrating Euro 2024, took for himself the words of the former Lille player, who unblinkingly pointed out the behavior of starlets at some Blues. “ You put a bullet in his head », would even have said a member of the Blues staff in Maignan during the October gathering, the first without Antoine Griezmann who, since then, has returned to Atlético after a more ordinary start to the season.
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