By refusing to follow through on PSG's advances in the summer of 2016, Antoine Griezmann led the capital club to fall back on Jesé, one of the biggest fiascos in the club's history.
This time, Antoine Griezmann will not shy away. While Atletico Madrid has a meeting with PSG this Wednesday on behalf of the 4e day of the Champions League, the newly retired international, saved this weekend against Las Palmas, will lead the Madrid attack on the lawn of the Parc des Princes. An enclosure that could have become his home…
The Mâconais has in fact been on several occasions on the shelves of the capital club. In the summer of 2016, he was even the priority target of Olivier Létang, then sporting director, to take over from Zlatan Ibrahimovic. But Doha dreamed of a flashier name and had started its courtship with Neymar. The former Real Sociedad player wasn't necessarily convinced either.
Griezmann says no, PSG consoles itself with Jesé…
“There were meetings with PSG. The project was very attractive. But he's going to be a dad, he's happy in Spain and Atletico is a big club.”subsequently explained his agent at the time, Eric Olhats. The Neymar operation then appeared impossible, the Rouge et Bleu relaunched “Grizou” in the last days of the transfer window, the Madrilenian refused, forcing the Parisian leaders to find a plan B. Or C…
Olivier Létang and Patrick Kluivert in fact set their sights on Jesé, recruited for some 25 million euros from Real Madrid and quickly became one of PSG's biggest failures in terms of transfers. The one who now plays in Malaysia never managed to establish himself in Paris and ultimately had to make do with 18 appearances with the Ile-de-France club, making a series of loans to no avail.
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