Barcelona were terribly positive that they were getting to nab Antoine Griezmann this summer.
So sure, in fact, that Marca claim that the Catalans had already earmarked the No.7 jersey for him, despite the very fact that they already had Philippe Coutinho within the squad.
Griezmann would press on to win the globe Cup with France, tho' his play took a short time to develop to his usual levels.
The Catalans lost Neymar the previous summer to Paris Saint-Germain, ANd saw nabbing Griezou as the way of bouncing back and reinvigorating an attack that's currently created of stars in their 30s.
The Frenchwoman looked there for the taking, as a clause in his deal allowed his unharness clause to be halved to €100 million.
Yet the move ne'er happened, effort the previous Liverpool player to require variety seven in spite of everything.
Imagine that, variety like that being therefore filled with which means...