Laporta On Griezmann: "it was not the player that needed"

This Monday 6 September the president of the FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, has reviewed the actuality of the Barcelona group, afterwards of a quite intense month in which it signed the exit to last hour of the market of passes of the French forward Antoine Griezmann, the one who has returned to the Athletic of Madrid, afterwards of a very questioned go through the City Condal, whose last memory of the fans culé that has carried was this boo received in the Camp Nou during the clash against the Getafe (2-1).

"It was not the player that needed", admitted the mandamás of the Barça, "think that could have given more, but the circumstances were complicated", added during an interview offered during the program Onze, of Esport 3. When it questioned him to Laporta on the reasons of the reason a player of the category of Griezmann was not able to adapt to the discipline culé, east answered: "Perhaps it did not fit in the system of the Barça".

However, the Catalan lawyer stood out that in spite of all the difficulties that touched him confront to the footballer to be able to join up in the first team, this always kept his professionalism and win to triumph in the picture directed by the Dutch trainer Ronald Koeman, the one who ranged it in his last party dressing the elastic blaugrana the past Sunday 29 August, in the worked victory in front of the own 'azulones'.

"I have not seen him never an attitude criticable. It is a big player. It does not fit in our system, but always has had a big attitude. Futbolísticamente, was not the player that needed. It could have given more. It has to play the 50 percent of parties in which it was available, is the only clause in the obligation of the purchase", recalcó Laporta.

The farewell

"I sent him a message wishing him all the luck of the world in his new stage", added. It costs to remember that the FC Barcelona and the Athletic of Madrid have arrived to an agreement for the cession of Griezmann for a season more another optional. The Madrilenian group has done charge of the index card of the player and has an option of compulsory purchase.