“My time there was not a disaster”: Griezmann reflects on his Barcelona stint

Atletico Madrid forward and former Barcelona striker Antoine Greizmann recently opened up about his time at the Catalan capital.

The French international moved to the Blaugranas in July 2019 when the Catalans decided to trigger his €120 million release clause with Los Rojiblancos.

The World Cup winner played at Barcelona for two seasons. In his first season, he was a part of an attacking trident with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. In 2019-20, he scored close to 16 goals for the club while registering four assists.

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His second season at the club was under Ronald Koeman where his numbers grew significantly to 20 goals and 13 assists across the season.

Speaking about his time at Barcelona, the World Cup reflected on the criticism he faced despite having rather impressive numbers.

“My time at Barça was not a disaster, because I always scored almost 20 goals each season. I am very proud to have played for Barcelona.”

Many a time, the Frenchman had it difficult at Catalonia. He was benched by the coach on several occasions for not contributing enough on the field.

“I am very happy to have gone to Barça, I had incredible teammates. I learned a lot from coaches, although sometimes I didn’t play and sometimes it was complicated.”

The Frenchman moved back to Wanda Metropolitano in the summer transfer window. This season, he has appeared 13 times for his club and has scored two goals in the league, and three in the Champions League.

Source: Telefoot