The very hard communiqué of the Athletic criticising to the Barça and to Griezmann

A new twist in the operation of Antoine Griezmann could carry to the French to incorporate to the discipline of the picture roijiblanco before it close his signing by the FC Barcelona. The Madrilenian team has given a communiqué in which it has criticised duramente to the French footballer and also to the FC Barcelona. All could have been as a result of the words of Josep Maria Bartomeu on the forward this same Friday.

"After the statements made today by the president of the Football Club Barcelona, Josep María Bartomeu, on our player Antoine Griezmann, the Athletic of Madrid wants to expose publicly the following", began the communiqué of the colchoneros. An extensive text in which the Atleti leaves clear that know that the attacker and the culés negotiate from the month of March.

"On 14 May Antoine Griezmann communicated to Miguel Ángel Gil, Diego Pablo Simeone and Andrea Berta his decision to abandon the club to final of season. In the back days to said meeting, the Athletic of Madrid had knowledge that the Football Club Barcelona and the player had reached an agreement the past month of March, in concrete in the back days to the party of turn of our eliminatory of Champions League against the Juventus, as well as that had been negotiating the conditions of the agreement from mediated of February", explain the rojiblancos in his communiqué criticising to the Barcelona and to his footballer.

The team chaired by Enrique Cerezo even left clear why the Bará gathered yesterday with them and went to ask that the payment of the clause could postpone . "In reference to the statement of the president Bartomeu made in the day of today, want to manifest that it is true that in the day of yesterday produced a meeting between Miguel Ángel Gil and the CEO of the Football Club Barcelona, Òscar Grau, on request of the Barcelona and that in said meeting, the gentleman Grau manifested his intention of, once have been modified the clause of rescission of the agreement of Antoine Griezmann and have happened of 200 to 120 million euros, ask a postponement of the payment of the referred amount of the valid clause from 1 July", comment in the text the Madrilenian.

The Athletic denied to this request and like consequence has decided to call to Griezmann so that it go back with the rest of mates like a player more. "Obviously, the answer of the Athletic of Madrid was negative, understanding so much that the Football Club Barcelona like the player have been missing to the respect to the Athletic of Madrid and to all his fans.Like consequence of all this, in the day of today, the Athletic of Madrid has required to the player, to his sister like agent of the footballer and to his lawyer, that Antoine Griezmann, in fulfillment of his contractual obligations with our club, appear next Sunday in the installations of the entity with the end to begin the pre-season with the rest of his mates", explains the communiqué.

Fierce criticism of the Athletic to the Barcelona

Finally, the colchoneros criticised duramente to the culés by his forms with a last paragraph in which they did not bite the tongue. "Through this communiqué, the Athletic of Madrid wants to express his more forceful rejection by the behaviour of both, especially of the Football Club Barcelona, for having induced to the player to break his contractual bond with the Athletic of Madrid in a moment of the season where the club was playing , no only the eliminatory of Champions in front of the Juventus, but the title of League against the own Football Club Barcelona, something that consider vulnera the periods protected of negotiation with players and alters the basic norms that govern the integrity of all sportive competition, in addition to supposing an enormous damage for our club and his million fans", finalised.