Atletico will take Griezmann grievance to FIFA: press
Atletico Madrid will challenge the amount Barcelona paid to acquite Antoine Griezmann's transfer, Spanish media reported on Saturday.
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 03, 2018 Atletico Madrid’s French forward Antoine Griezmann poses upon arrival at the 2018 Ballon d’Or award ceremony at the Grand Palais in Paris. – Antoine Griezmann has signed for Barcelona the club announced on July 12, 2019. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
Sports daily AS said Atletico will go to FIFA, the governing body of world football, to argue that Barcelona owe more than the 120 million euros ($135 million) release clause deposited by a lawyer for the player on Friday.
AS wrote that Atletico wants to have both Barcelona and Griezmann punished.
Contacted by AFP on Saturday, the club refused to comment.
Atletico complained that Barcelona and Griezmann negotiated the deal before the buy-out price dropped from 200 million euros at the start of July.
“Atletico Madrid believes that the termination of the contract took place before the end of last season,” the club said in a statement on Friday, adding that Griezmann had made that clear in his actions and words.
Atletico said in a statement that Griezmann had gone to the headquarters of Spanish Football League to “unilaterally” break his contract after Barca met the release clause, and added they had already “begun appropriate procedures” to defend their “rights and legitimate interests”.
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