I don’t blame him. He very much wasn’t what we needed and was a victim of the board/president’s stupidity, but to say he wasn’t a shadow of his former self is not fair. Even in his last season, that was the griezmann we wanted. He put in the work despite not being world class, but it’s sad it took him so long to get going.
He failed at Barca for the same reason Coutinho failed: they both played in the same role as Messi. They spent 120 and 140 million on players that had to be forced to play on the left wing when their true position was the same as Messi's. Bartomeu is the worst president of a football club in history.
I still can’t believe what bartemeo did to Barcelona. He is nothing more than a piece of shit. That 120 million used on Griezmann should have been used to strengthen our defense. That season, In the attack we had ansu fati, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. Why did we waste our money on another attacker
thats the problem with having a vote in president by fans .if its a election year they,ll do anything to wow fans and get there vote and not care about next ssn or fanancial meldown because thats then .buying steady players and getting ppl to strengthen the team doesnt wow ppl .inherently flawed
@@noachmiller360 he was the best player in the world and the biggest money maker for Barcelona ofc he was not gonna play for free you can't say he didn't love the club because that
350 mil for messi 5 yrs ago was too low The unanimous agreement is that prime 2011 messi was worth 1 billion A 2019 messi was definitely worth 600 000 000 That was fair of barca to request it
What many fans forget is, at that time Greizmann was also the 3rd best player in the world. Take the money out of it and I'm sure most Barca fans would've had little issue with him outside of wanting a few more goals. Unfortunately, like Coutino, Barcelona missused them during their time at the club.
Thing is why buy playmakers like griezmann and coutinho when you already have Messi? It never made any sense. The money should not have been used that horrible.
He is an example of a right player arriving at the wrong time. I still believe griezmann's second season with barcelona was wonderful . He had 20 goals and 13 assists in all competions. No body in current barcelona squad puts up these type of Stats today . But because he came at massive fee of 120 million and because of his high wages no body rated him that much and we had to ship him off . He is won of the primary reasons why barcelona won the copa del Rey that season . Imagine him playing as an interior in xavi's system. With his defensive work rate he would have been a perfect player for us .
I swear man, all I can think of is how poorly used he was:/ The main argument was that Messi played in the same free roam role, but I think a midfielder could easily be sacrificed because of how much grizzi and leo contributed in deep build up situations.
As a RM fan that sounds scary honestly I feel bad LaPorta simply wasted a good player in Grizzy he shouldve stayed with Barka and not sent back packing to Atleti.
Sometimes i wonder, if bartomeu was hired by real madrid to weaken barca. Signing a player for 120 million that is not even required in the team and when he is actually needed, sold him for merely 20 million. Who in the right mind would do that?Although, griezmann was definitlely worth 100 million at that time.
This kind of things happens. If you look at real Madrid they also bought Eden Hazard and he turned out to be a big flop. But the Real Madrid board and management make out a way to handle the problem. The young Vini got more chances in starting 11 and he grew up to a good player. Here I am not praising Real Madrid to humiliate Barca but I am just saying the truth. Barca could have managed things better than what has happened.
@@XYZ-tx9id I'm not really serious, just shows how incompetent Barca was managed that "secret agent" from Madrid seems more possible than how incompetent they were.
It is truly incredibe on how Griezmann managed to become among the league's best footballers. He used to be and still the face of Atletico, but sometimes it feels like Atletico is a big limitation to such a great player, the club rarely wins any silverware and cuz of that, Griezmann is NEVER talked about by anyone. Even in the recent light of the 22 wc in qatar, Griezmann had the MOST joint assists in the tournament and also created the most chances for his team. It is such a frustrating thing when people lend all the glory to Mbappe in the french squad, when Griezmann does all the dirty work in the back.
tbh greizmann was complete garbage in the final getting bullied in the midfield by players with next to no experience playing for their national team and also atletico won the league the same season while greizmann was flopping in barca
it always seemed to be, that after the very successfull neymar/suarez transfer combo, Barcelona just wanted to sign the players who had the best season, big names, "Meta" players. Bringing in names was the top priority, instead of bringing what the team needed. If Barca had signed up Rodri back then, it would've made a HUGE difference.
We pay 120 for Griezmann, give him back to Atleti for a 1/4 of the price, then give them Suarez who helped them to a title. We really gave them that La Liga. I guess we're theyre daddy now
Griezmann was not even CLOSE to being as bad as portrayed by Barca fans. 114 matches played, 35 goals 17 assists is not even close to being bad enough to call him a flop. Hazard was WAY worse for Real.
Yeah exactly. I mean He played well during his seasons at Barca despite not winning much and they were able to recover part of his transfer fee when they resold him. Hazard on the other hand played almost no games, was always injured, and eventually retired meaning Real Madrid couldn't recover any money from his (club record) transfer fee or his wages. Not the same thing.
i’m a barca fan and he’s still one of my favorite players i’ve seen. too bad he’s stuck at a mediocre club with a mediocre coach like simeone. they should’ve moved on from him already
@@franze4 I fucking hate Simeone. The only trick up his sleeve is parking the bus and in such an obscene way that he makes Mourinho look classy by comparison. In 12 years he's been in La Liga, he has only managed to win 1 la liga exclusive the 2013-14 which was a robbery against Barca.
@@Neat_profile fr. i was also rooting for them in the quarters vs dortmund and they were dominating then but they went 2-0 up and then did fuck all after the 40th minute. he lost atletico that tie yet there are some who cling on to him because “he brought atletico back to that level in the first place.” it’s not 2011 anymore ffs
@@franze4 Dortmund wanted to get to the finals so they could lose it because that would mean that Bellingham's €25m add ons would be paid to BVB were Bellingham to win the UCL with real. That's why they gave it all to win against Atletico and psg as that would ensure real wouldn't lose.
Everything came breaking down as soon as they let Neymar go and got Coutino as their big replacement. Half the signing after that was just terrible investments.
Now that you mention it, we could have gotten rodri for cheaper than griezmann, and the CDM position could've been set for 10 more years. But one thing i don't understand is why let him go when messi left and that no. 10 place in the team was open
We had too many #10s on the team and no direct threat. Griezmann was just another #10 and he was never going to be an out and out striker. It was a great player for the wrong team at the wrong time
Griezzmann could have taken over the reigns after messi left since they have a very similar profile and yet they decide to send him back the same year they lose messi, what in the world was the board smoking at the time??
Bartomeu not only fked up the whole of Barcelona but so many players couldn't play properly in their position only buying forward no proper defence ,midfield after Messi left was only managed by busquets
tbf if koeman and setien wasnt our coach when griezmann was at barca, griezmann wouldve been successful here, if only valverde continued or someone like xavi had took over then maybe he wouldve been great here. i pin the blame on bartomeu and abidal, why cant you negosiate for less than 100m why do we have to activate his release clause. valverde asked for griezmann since 2017 after neymar left but those two decided to sign coutinho and dembele for 300m
First of all, thank you for this great video about my idol. Grizou has exactly ONE problem: he is too versatile. He can be placed in any available position on the field, except as goalkeeper. But if you look for world class in him, then in vain. He is not what Barcelona were looking for, a world-class player in a SINGLE position. And that's why even I would never spend 120 million on him, he can't fulfill that. Nevertheless, I ask those who blame him for Messi having to leave the club to consider whether Antoine alone contributed to this, and not others too. And please show a little more respect, even if it hurts. Thanks!
yeah hes like a jack of trades player capable in many positions but master of none but yeah it wasn't just him never understood how barca thought Coutinho and Greizmann (they aren't even wingers) could replace neymar
@@Wyvernvzx He didn't even play a full season in 3 of his league winning campaigns lmao, you couldve justified him not being worse by mentioning any other factor rather than using trophies which he barely contributed in. The only title you could say he had his finger prints on is 22/23 and even then he was out for the season right after he came back from the world cup.
@@UG_679 at least he contributed i a league title race every game is essential especially when its down to the wire, greizman left atletico and while he was getting exposed as a system player flopping at barca, atletico won the league never would i have imagined Suarez winning the league for atletico before greizmann lol
@@Wyvernvzx Pretty sure 20/21 Griezmann contributed to any league title campaign more than dembele bar 21/22 and he was only there for 2 seasons compared to dembele's 6 lol. "Down to the wire", as if Dembele contributed to any title race at the latter stages besides his performances vs Valladolid and Levante in 20/21, 2 games in 6 seasons keep in mind. Dembele is objectively a worse signing since he cost more, spent over 50% of his time injured and was on 230k a week as an unproven player from the start. In addition Griezmann is anything but a system player, is your idea of a system player someone who doesn't do well when they're played out of position? Imagine if I put a left footed player who likes to create centrally out at LW/LM to accommodate two 30+ year olds since they don't press or offer width? Are we also calling Messi a system player because he was misused at PSG in his first season? Also on the suarez comment, the only reason he even won the title was because that was also Llorente's breakout season and Carrasco + Correa's best offensive seasons, The only remotely good offensive player Griezmann had in his league campaigns were Mandzukic and Morata and in the former season he was a new signing being played out of position until half way through the season, meanwhile in the latter Atletico had their 2nd worst defensive record in the league under Simeone.
I find it funny how Barca fans twerk for griezmann when he plays against Real Madrid but don’t hate the man for flopping and leaving for 20mil just for him to return to world class level
i hate bartemou. i just cant . this guy is the reason we bought same player for same postion . useless players and in the end bankrupcy. the guys who said xavi out was never a fan. people have to understand that we are building a project. and now idk who is better coach then hansi flick . as we really need some german discipline
Ne blâmez pas Antoine, il a fait de son mieux pour Barça. Blâmez Bartomeu il est un président incompétent et il a ruiné le club avec ses mauvais transfers et son mauvais choix de managers. J’ai adoré Griezmann en Barça.
I lost it when he himself said “ I should be in talks along with Messi and Cr7” and when he had the chance he did not come close, yes he is an exceptional playmaker and contributions but no where near the greats no no not at all. When he said that I knew he was another looking to boost himself that boost himself on the field.
Thing is how was he ever gonna prove that while playing at Barca? We had messi, coutinho and griezmann who pretty much plays the same position. The money should have been used elsewhere. This is a transfer a kid would make in fifa. He is nowhere near messi or Ronaldo. He is a fantastic player though
The biggest error was not Griezmann. It was Messi. Letting him stay on such an obscene salary was a mortgage that will kill the club for the next 20 years.
this is what happens when you buy a player that plays in a style and system completely different to yours 🗿 there's a problem with the trequartistas and shadow strikers when played in a 4-3-3
This guy single handedly messed up Messi's career. He would have a lot more UCL trophies if this incompetent piece of trash wasn't the president. I don't expect barca to its former glory for at least 8-7 years.
It makes me happy that many Barça fans think of Griezmann highly & his shortcomings wasn't due to his performances but mismanagement at the club. And that's exactly what happened. Griezmann had already been linked to Barcelona, but right after Liverpool came back to win 4-0 at Anfield, all the Griezmann rumors intensified because the media felt that Barcelona needed another player who can score goals if Messi & Suarez can't do so & Coutinho was made into a scapegoat. And Barcelona fans like myself bought into that. That's why they quickly loaned him out to Bayern. Tactically, the "MSG" front 3 was going to be a handful because one of them would have to play LW and none of them are comfortable playing there, and that's why Barcelona should have tried to sign a true LW instead of Griezmann, especially for 120 million. But this video hits the nail on the head: it's a robbery for everyone. Barcelona were robbed financially (thanks Bartomeu), they were robbed from having a great player like Griezmann in their squad after he left, & Griezmann was robbed himself of winning La Liga with Atletico Madrid in 2020/21 & two years of unfair scrutiny that also carried over into his first season back at Atletico.
Another problem during those seasons were that Piqué kept on playing even though his expiry date had passed 3 years ago. This guy retired 5 or 6 years too late. Kept on playing even on a single broken leg. He became such a liability to barcelona and they suffered comebacks in the Champions League because this clown was running out of gas after 60 minutes of football.
As a Barca fan all I have to say that Barcelona are like the one guy that won the lottery but doesn’t know how to manage their money and within 10yrs they go broke. That’s barcelona and now they are paying the price literally.
I know I'm being an armchair tactician but if they have kept Neymar and transitioned into a double pivot with either Busquets\Roberto with another good wingback or Busquets and Rakitic\De Jong, Greizmann would've been class as a no 10 for Barca
There are certain players that aren't made for Barcelona or at least, their position doesn't exit in the Barca system. Griezman and Coutinho were some of those players. If Griezman is to be in this current squad, he will have to play as a number 10, which naturally doesn't exist in Barca, or he will play as a right winger and be given the freedom to cut in, the freedom which I doubt Xavi will give him. The same way I feel Raphinha will do more damage to opposition if given more freedom to roam.
He would absolutely be thriving in the current Barcelona system. Him behind Lewandowski as a #10 or even as free roaming #8 because of his defensive work rate, Barcelona would be much better. Unfortunate timing but he would be great for them right now lol
The biggest robbery of all was kicking Messi out. That was undeserved. Their best player who kept Barca in the CL and made them the best team in the world for a decade. The minute he left, Barca was relegated.
Signing a player that had laughed in our faces with pique should of been a sign to never speak to him and his agents again (let alone pay so much fucking money for him) and shipped Pique out the club cause tf was he doing working with him and clowning the whole club on national television but bartomeu so incompetent he did the opposite, contract for pique and sign griezmann.
Wage restrictions are also the reason they had to sell griezmann btw. Imagine having 2 players have a wage of over 30 Million with griezmann and de jong Both of them together would amount to around 74* million a year
I love Griezmann as a player...except for his diving like turning the tide against Croatia with an already insane amount of ref bias in favor of France. You know what, f him
Antoinne Griezmann is just a footballer who was trabsfrered for an overpriced feed and played at qorld class level for 3 years at the club but who just didn't quite pan out that well as many had expected whom Barcelona was able to sell back for a substantial fraction of the prize they paid. Same for Dembele and Coutinho who was loaned to Bayern at a fee of €8.5m and eventually sold to Asyon Vulla for a few of €20m Barcelona being able to recover €28.5m from his transfer fee. Eden Hazard on the other hand was an attacking midfielder who transferred for what is still a club record fee and was chronically injured, spent most of his time on the bench, and eventually retired after an uneventful late career without them being avle to recover ANY of the money from his transfer fee or his wages. Why doesn't anybody talk about that instead?
Fair call on Rodri, but could we have got him? Atleti needs to agree the deal as does the player. Maybe he would have preferred City. To my point though, having a go at Pique in that sentiment is just stupid. And you mentioned De Ligt to boot.
In any other buisnes if you squander away over 250 million your going to be sacked ,held accountable and financialy scrutinised the 130 mill on coutinho and this signing are baffling and someone should be in prison for fraud someone somewhere made/pocketed alot of money .but its more bizare the fact they never gave both players a real chance
i’m a barca fan and griezmann is still a genius, easily top 5 of this/last generation and one of my favorite players. that was all bartomeu’s fault, if we already had a messi where was griezmann going to fit? god knows what i hope happens to that fraud bartomeu…..
Im still trying to understand exactly why they signed him when you have messi in team. I mean i know Bartomeu was dumb but damn that man was more than just dumb. He was a serious idiot.
You left out the part where Griezmann and dembele mocked ( and uploaded the video to social media themselves)a Japanese man fixing there hotel while on a paid sponsorship trip to Japan paid for by a Japanese company, which caused outrage in Japan ultimately forcing barca to give there Japanese sponsors a discount to stop them pulling out
It’s absolutely crazy to me how everyone is chiming in with their opinions on Barca and virtually no one is stopping to note how intelligent, astute, insightful, and ENTERTAINING your analysis is. You’ve got it, kid. Please expand your scope while maintaining your quality.
Calling 03/04 Barca bad is an utter embarrassment 😂 Peak Ronaldinho... I'm going to give that you aren't old enough to remember but the early 2000's weren't an era of 50 goals for one striker etc. Defences were infinitely better then also.
I''m so glad our fans never blame Griezmann for this failure. He was almost as much as victim as us Barca fans from this transfer.
But some still blame him😢
He was partially guilty too
I don’t blame him. He very much wasn’t what we needed and was a victim of the board/president’s stupidity, but to say he wasn’t a shadow of his former self is not fair. Even in his last season, that was the griezmann we wanted. He put in the work despite not being world class, but it’s sad it took him so long to get going.
@@Crispy_DAWG ya he is one of the reason why barcelona won the Copa del rey
And yet you blamed Philippe Coutinho just because he was not white.
He failed at Barca for the same reason Coutinho failed: they both played in the same role as Messi. They spent 120 and 140 million on players that had to be forced to play on the left wing when their true position was the same as Messi's. Bartomeu is the worst president of a football club in history.
I still can’t believe what bartemeo did to Barcelona. He is nothing more than a piece of shit. That 120 million used on Griezmann should have been used to strengthen our defense. That season, In the attack we had ansu fati, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. Why did we waste our money on another attacker
Cuz he tried copying perez Galacticos policy
Not just Bartomeu, the president before him started all this mess and now Laporta is also contributing
How is Laporta contributing ? Out Transfer policy over the last two seasons, considering the Limited Money available, is at least solid to good.
Money laundering.
thats the problem with having a vote in president by fans .if its a election year they,ll do anything to wow fans and get there vote and not care about next ssn or fanancial meldown because thats then .buying steady players and getting ppl to strengthen the team doesnt wow ppl .inherently flawed
Bartomeu is the most incompetent peace of work ever tbh
Ed Woodward disagrees.
You guys arent in a financial problem @Doctor_Kroom
Vrai, il était incompétent.
piece*
And LaPorta??
Nothing hurts more for them to let Messi leave for free when they had the chance to sell him to Man City for £350 million but they wanted £600 million
he wanted too much money, he loves money more than his club
@@noachmiller360 he was the best player in the world and the biggest money maker for Barcelona ofc he was not gonna play for free you can't say he didn't love the club because that
As Barça fan, nothing hurts more than Messi leaving.
350 mil for messi 5 yrs ago was too low
The unanimous agreement is that prime 2011 messi was worth 1 billion
A 2019 messi was definitely worth 600 000 000
That was fair of barca to request it
@@AbdullahHashi-kw3qjnah he wasn't his PSG move proved it
What many fans forget is, at that time Greizmann was also the 3rd best player in the world. Take the money out of it and I'm sure most Barca fans would've had little issue with him outside of wanting a few more goals. Unfortunately, like Coutino, Barcelona missused them during their time at the club.
Thing is why buy playmakers like griezmann and coutinho when you already have Messi? It never made any sense. The money should not have been used that horrible.
@@Waluigi-vr4qzThe Neymar void
He is an example of a right player arriving at the wrong time. I still believe griezmann's second season with barcelona was wonderful . He had 20 goals and 13 assists in all competions. No body in current barcelona squad puts up these type of Stats today . But because he came at massive fee of 120 million and because of his high wages no body rated him that much and we had to ship him off . He is won of the primary reasons why barcelona won the copa del Rey that season . Imagine him playing as an interior in xavi's system. With his defensive work rate he would have been a perfect player for us .
I mock cr7 fan so i know when egoman score a lot, his team lose the competition.
I swear man, all I can think of is how poorly used he was:/
The main argument was that Messi played in the same free roam role, but I think a midfielder could easily be sacrificed because of how much grizzi and leo contributed in deep build up situations.
As a RM fan that sounds scary honestly I feel bad LaPorta simply wasted a good player in Grizzy he shouldve stayed with Barka and not sent back packing to Atleti.
Nawh he was just shite
He’s not good outside Atleti
@@A_r78Why was he so good for France and Sociedad then
Sometimes i wonder, if bartomeu was hired by real madrid to weaken barca. Signing a player for 120 million that is not even required in the team and when he is actually needed, sold him for merely 20 million. Who in the right mind would do that?Although, griezmann was definitlely worth 100 million at that time.
I'm a conspiracy theorist, I'm starting to believe this. Probably with enough political power to pardon his Crimes in the future
@@vikingsownpackers That was satire. Pls don't take it seriously 😅😅
@@vikingsownpackers bei actually believed it
This kind of things happens. If you look at real Madrid they also bought Eden Hazard and he turned out to be a big flop. But the Real Madrid board and management make out a way to handle the problem. The young Vini got more chances in starting 11 and he grew up to a good player. Here I am not praising Real Madrid to humiliate Barca but I am just saying the truth. Barca could have managed things better than what has happened.
@@XYZ-tx9id I'm not really serious, just shows how incompetent Barca was managed that "secret agent" from Madrid seems more possible than how incompetent they were.
It is truly incredibe on how Griezmann managed to become among the league's best footballers. He used to be and still the face of Atletico, but sometimes it feels like Atletico is a big limitation to such a great player, the club rarely wins any silverware and cuz of that, Griezmann is NEVER talked about by anyone. Even in the recent light of the 22 wc in qatar, Griezmann had the MOST joint assists in the tournament and also created the most chances for his team. It is such a frustrating thing when people lend all the glory to Mbappe in the french squad, when Griezmann does all the dirty work in the back.
True story.
tbh greizmann was complete garbage in the final getting bullied in the midfield by players with next to no experience playing for their national team and also atletico won the league the same season while greizmann was flopping in barca
it always seemed to be, that after the very successfull neymar/suarez transfer combo, Barcelona just wanted to sign the players who had the best season, big names, "Meta" players.
Bringing in names was the top priority, instead of bringing what the team needed.
If Barca had signed up Rodri back then, it would've made a HUGE difference.
You also forgot one thing. If we didn’t sign griezmann we could have kept Messi.
even if Griezmann didn't sign with Barca, Messi was not gonna stay with Barca
@@omarbriseno4584Messi didn’t leave he was forced out due to la liga financial play & registration problems
As a Madridista I feel for the Blaugrana having been lead by such incompetance. Messi deserved to Retire at the Nou Camp.
555 million in 5 years, no way that's impossible
Barcelona wasted money on the stupidest things😂
Can’t blame Griezmann for the club’s incompetence
He was a ghost
A ghost who scored 35 goals in 102 matches.
We pay 120 for Griezmann, give him back to Atleti for a 1/4 of the price, then give them Suarez who helped them to a title. We really gave them that La Liga. I guess we're theyre daddy now
their* and no, You guys are just stupid.
you forgot to add some sugar brother..
Nah we were your daddy
this is such a huge cope
The biggest robbery in football transfer market was Dembele to Barca coming from a Madridista.
Burger King to Real Madrid is the biggest scam
Greizmann was still shite
@@A_r78 20 goals and 13 assists is considered shit?
@@flashgg4659 inconsistent couldn’t do anything against the big clubs
No trophies either
He was a clown
The Bartameou era was notorious for excessive spending on attackers we didn't need
bartomeu is every real madrid fans’ favourite barca staff
Greizmann is atleti and atleti is greizmann. No and ifs or buts. I’m glad he got a chance to live out a dream but he’s our boy
For ever💝💝💝
Griezmann was not even CLOSE to being as bad as portrayed by Barca fans.
114 matches played, 35 goals 17 assists is not even close to being bad enough to call him a flop.
Hazard was WAY worse for Real.
Yeah exactly.
I mean He played well during his seasons at Barca despite not winning much and they were able to recover part of his transfer fee when they resold him. Hazard on the other hand played almost no games, was always injured, and eventually retired meaning Real Madrid couldn't recover any money from his (club record) transfer fee or his wages. Not the same thing.
i’m a barca fan and he’s still one of my favorite players i’ve seen. too bad he’s stuck at a mediocre club with a mediocre coach like simeone. they should’ve moved on from him already
@@franze4 I fucking hate Simeone. The only trick up his sleeve is parking the bus and in such an obscene way that he makes Mourinho look classy by comparison. In 12 years he's been in La Liga, he has only managed to win 1 la liga exclusive the 2013-14 which was a robbery against Barca.
@@Neat_profile fr. i was also rooting for them in the quarters vs dortmund and they were dominating then but they went 2-0 up and then did fuck all after the 40th minute. he lost atletico that tie yet there are some who cling on to him because “he brought atletico back to that level in the first place.” it’s not 2011 anymore ffs
@@franze4 Dortmund wanted to get to the finals so they could lose it because that would mean that Bellingham's €25m add ons would be paid to BVB were Bellingham to win the UCL with real. That's why they gave it all to win against Atletico and psg as that would ensure real wouldn't lose.
Everything came breaking down as soon as they let Neymar go and got Coutino as their big replacement. Half the signing after that was just terrible investments.
Yes they wanted some statement signing without any rational need
Now that you mention it, we could have gotten rodri for cheaper than griezmann, and the CDM position could've been set for 10 more years. But one thing i don't understand is why let him go when messi left and that no. 10 place in the team was open
Salary
We had too many #10s on the team and no direct threat. Griezmann was just another #10 and he was never going to be an out and out striker. It was a great player for the wrong team at the wrong time
man city have most of their player is 10#(playmaker) bernardo,grealish,foden,de bruyne,gundogan,rodri even tho cancelo and its work
Griezzmann could have taken over the reigns after messi left since they have a very similar profile and yet they decide to send him back the same year they lose messi, what in the world was the board smoking at the time??
reins
Dont forget Liverpool sold Coutinho to Barca for 150 mil pounds🤷🏻♂️
That brought us Van Dijk and Addison, great bit of business from our end
Coutinho. Dont forget Coutinho. 😂
He mentioned him
Dembélé
Bartomeu not only fked up the whole of Barcelona but so many players couldn't play properly in their position only buying forward no proper defence ,midfield after Messi left was only managed by busquets
tbf if koeman and setien wasnt our coach when griezmann was at barca, griezmann wouldve been successful here, if only valverde continued or someone like xavi had took over then maybe he wouldve been great here. i pin the blame on bartomeu and abidal, why cant you negosiate for less than 100m why do we have to activate his release clause. valverde asked for griezmann since 2017 after neymar left but those two decided to sign coutinho and dembele for 300m
The fact that he would be perfect for Barcelona right now is what makes me freaking mad
By far a better player than Lewandisney whos just a finisher
Agreed
We would need both then. Griezman is not a 9…
That's what I thought when everybody wanted Lewa to win the Ballon d'or in 2021. Messi's stats were way beyond Lewa's except for goals alone.
First of all, thank you for this great video about my idol. Grizou has exactly ONE problem: he is too versatile. He can be placed in any available position on the field, except as goalkeeper. But if you look for world class in him, then in vain. He is not what Barcelona were looking for, a world-class player in a SINGLE position. And that's why even I would never spend 120 million on him, he can't fulfill that. Nevertheless, I ask those who blame him for Messi having to leave the club to consider whether Antoine alone contributed to this, and not others too. And please show a little more respect, even if it hurts. Thanks!
yeah hes like a jack of trades player capable in many positions but master of none but yeah it wasn't just him never understood how barca thought Coutinho and Greizmann (they aren't even wingers) could replace neymar
Greatest robbery has to be for Joao Felix and I don’t know how it’s not spoken about more, he has been terrible for the money spent on him
Dembele was even worse
At least Griezmann scored important goals for us lol
how was dembele worse he won the league with barca atletico won the league without greizman
@@Wyvernvzx He didn't even play a full season in 3 of his league winning campaigns lmao, you couldve justified him not being worse by mentioning any other factor rather than using trophies which he barely contributed in. The only title you could say he had his finger prints on is 22/23 and even then he was out for the season right after he came back from the world cup.
@@UG_679 at least he contributed i a league title race every game is essential especially when its down to the wire, greizman left atletico and while he was getting exposed as a system player flopping at barca, atletico won the league
never would i have imagined Suarez winning the league for atletico before greizmann lol
@@Wyvernvzx Pretty sure 20/21 Griezmann contributed to any league title campaign more than dembele bar 21/22 and he was only there for 2 seasons compared to dembele's 6 lol. "Down to the wire", as if Dembele contributed to any title race at the latter stages besides his performances vs Valladolid and Levante in 20/21, 2 games in 6 seasons keep in mind. Dembele is objectively a worse signing since he cost more, spent over 50% of his time injured and was on 230k a week as an unproven player from the start. In addition Griezmann is anything but a system player, is your idea of a system player someone who doesn't do well when they're played out of position? Imagine if I put a left footed player who likes to create centrally out at LW/LM to accommodate two 30+ year olds since they don't press or offer width? Are we also calling Messi a system player because he was misused at PSG in his first season? Also on the suarez comment, the only reason he even won the title was because that was also Llorente's breakout season and Carrasco + Correa's best offensive seasons, The only remotely good offensive player Griezmann had in his league campaigns were Mandzukic and Morata and in the former season he was a new signing being played out of position until half way through the season, meanwhile in the latter Atletico had their 2nd worst defensive record in the league under Simeone.
If griezmann and coutinho werent signed neither suarez not messi would have been forced to leave
Yes after Neymar transfer money was wasted on Dembele and Coutinho, instead of financial stability problems appear.
I find it funny how Barca fans twerk for griezmann when he plays against Real Madrid but don’t hate the man for flopping and leaving for 20mil just for him to return to world class level
Cuz we like griezmann he came in the wrong time, plus he value went down that time barca couldnt do nothing with that
Did more in one season at Barca than Hazard did in all 4 years💀
@@reddragon5483 that’s why we dislike hazard 😂
Griezmann second season was better than depay dembele coutinho combined
@@willg1088 dembele literally won the league last season being one of the mains reasons
As a atletico fan and Griezmann fan I was sad when he left, I knew barca was in a terrible state but im glad their fans are not blaming Griezmann
Just like coutinho Griezmann wasn't bad at barca. People just had high expectations
Right players, wrong time.
Only Dembulance was never right for barca
i hate bartemou. i just cant . this guy is the reason we bought same player for same postion . useless players and in the end bankrupcy. the guys who said xavi out was never a fan. people have to understand that we are building a project. and now idk who is better coach then hansi flick . as we really need some german discipline
Bro had a vision
Ne blâmez pas Antoine, il a fait de son mieux pour Barça. Blâmez Bartomeu il est un président incompétent et il a ruiné le club avec ses mauvais transfers et son mauvais choix de managers. J’ai adoré Griezmann en Barça.
we should have focused on Suarez and not waste money on Griezmann (the pain of being a Barca fan🥲)
You should a make a video like this on Coutinho
I lost it when he himself said “ I should be in talks along with Messi and Cr7” and when he had the chance he did not come close, yes he is an exceptional playmaker and contributions but no where near the greats no no not at all. When he said that I knew he was another looking to boost himself that boost himself on the field.
Thing is how was he ever gonna prove that while playing at Barca? We had messi, coutinho and griezmann who pretty much plays the same position. The money should have been used elsewhere. This is a transfer a kid would make in fifa. He is nowhere near messi or Ronaldo. He is a fantastic player though
Well what can I say
Thank you Bartomeu for destroying my football club.
The biggest error was not Griezmann. It was Messi. Letting him stay on such an obscene salary was a mortgage that will kill the club for the next 20 years.
there’s no way you’re over 16🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@franze4 another rose-tinted overseas Barcelona fanboy, then fella?
Going back to Atletico with his pink hair like a rejected clown was the perfect end to this transfer lmao
Bartomeu single handedly won Real Madrid LaLiga 2020 and I thank him for that
this is what happens when you buy a player that plays in a style and system completely different to yours 🗿
there's a problem with the trequartistas and shadow strikers when played in a 4-3-3
Lovely video mate!
1:03 dude doesn't even want ucl
He just wants the league title and still failed
Griezmann wasn’t so bad man ☹️
This guy single handedly messed up Messi's career. He would have a lot more UCL trophies if this incompetent piece of trash wasn't the president. I don't expect barca to its former glory for at least 8-7 years.
Griezman 🤝 Eden Hazard about robbing Spain teams
I wish we had Griezmann now.
It makes me happy that many Barça fans think of Griezmann highly & his shortcomings wasn't due to his performances but mismanagement at the club. And that's exactly what happened. Griezmann had already been linked to Barcelona, but right after Liverpool came back to win 4-0 at Anfield, all the Griezmann rumors intensified because the media felt that Barcelona needed another player who can score goals if Messi & Suarez can't do so & Coutinho was made into a scapegoat. And Barcelona fans like myself bought into that. That's why they quickly loaned him out to Bayern. Tactically, the "MSG" front 3 was going to be a handful because one of them would have to play LW and none of them are comfortable playing there, and that's why Barcelona should have tried to sign a true LW instead of Griezmann, especially for 120 million. But this video hits the nail on the head: it's a robbery for everyone. Barcelona were robbed financially (thanks Bartomeu), they were robbed from having a great player like Griezmann in their squad after he left, & Griezmann was robbed himself of winning La Liga with Atletico Madrid in 2020/21 & two years of unfair scrutiny that also carried over into his first season back at Atletico.
Another problem during those seasons were that Piqué kept on playing even though his expiry date had passed 3 years ago. This guy retired 5 or 6 years too late. Kept on playing even on a single broken leg. He became such a liability to barcelona and they suffered comebacks in the Champions League because this clown was running out of gas after 60 minutes of football.
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No ones talking about how Messi could’ve stayed if we didn’t pay so much for grizzi or gave him such a high salary
lol the 442oons Barca logos 😂
As a Barca fan all I have to say that Barcelona are like the one guy that won the lottery but doesn’t know how to manage their money and within 10yrs they go broke. That’s barcelona and now they are paying the price literally.
I know I'm being an armchair tactician but if they have kept Neymar and transitioned into a double pivot with either Busquets\Roberto with another good wingback or Busquets and Rakitic\De Jong, Greizmann would've been class as a no 10 for Barca
conclusion: you don't know the meaning of the word robery.
He should make a documentary about this
Simeone a mastermind for selling griezmann for 100 mil bankrupting Barca and forcing them to sell Messi b4 getting griezmann back
There are certain players that aren't made for Barcelona or at least, their position doesn't exit in the Barca system. Griezman and Coutinho were some of those players. If Griezman is to be in this current squad, he will have to play as a number 10, which naturally doesn't exist in Barca, or he will play as a right winger and be given the freedom to cut in, the freedom which I doubt Xavi will give him. The same way I feel Raphinha will do more damage to opposition if given more freedom to roam.
He can play as a striker
@danchiziofficial2159 Griezman is most effective as a playmaker or a second striker, he needs someone ahead of him.
He would absolutely be thriving in the current Barcelona system. Him behind Lewandowski as a #10 or even as free roaming #8 because of his defensive work rate, Barcelona would be much better. Unfortunate timing but he would be great for them right now lol
The biggest robbery of all was kicking Messi out. That was undeserved. Their best player who kept Barca in the CL and made them the best team in the world for a decade. The minute he left, Barca was relegated.
Acclimate?.,its ACCLIMATISE!..deary me!
Signing a player that had laughed in our faces with pique should of been a sign to never speak to him and his agents again (let alone pay so much fucking money for him) and shipped Pique out the club cause tf was he doing working with him and clowning the whole club on national television but bartomeu so incompetent he did the opposite, contract for pique and sign griezmann.
Wage restrictions are also the reason they had to sell griezmann btw. Imagine having 2 players have a wage of over 30 Million with griezmann and de jong
Both of them together would amount to around 74* million a year
Great video and channel man. Keep it up!
(Brief pedantic note: it’s Futbol Club Barcelona, not Futbol Club de Barcelona 😝)
João Félix was the biggest robbery ever.
I would say Lukaku takes the cake
Hazard and alexis sanchez
no one expected a downfall once he moved back 😂 he had great stats
20 goals a season, and a flop…get a load of this guy💀
I don’t know how they managed to make him leave his contract to earn way less in atleti. Good for them he is weak emotionally and bend.
I love Griezmann as a player...except for his diving like turning the tide against Croatia with an already insane amount of ref bias in favor of France. You know what, f him
People hate him for diving in World Cup final…
Unfortunately Griezmann got the blame. Our fans and players are everything, our front office is an utter disgrace.
Antoinne Griezmann is just a footballer who was trabsfrered for an overpriced feed and played at qorld class level for 3 years at the club but who just didn't quite pan out that well as many had expected whom Barcelona was able to sell back for a substantial fraction of the prize they paid. Same for Dembele and Coutinho who was loaned to Bayern at a fee of €8.5m and eventually sold to Asyon Vulla for a few of €20m Barcelona being able to recover €28.5m from his transfer fee.
Eden Hazard on the other hand was an attacking midfielder who transferred for what is still a club record fee and was chronically injured, spent most of his time on the bench, and eventually retired after an uneventful late career without them being avle to recover ANY of the money from his transfer fee or his wages. Why doesn't anybody talk about that instead?
Great story telling man
can we at least agree on how cute and incredibly gorgeous Griezmann was with that long hair? I had feelings for him ngl
Fair call on Rodri, but could we have got him? Atleti needs to agree the deal as does the player. Maybe he would have preferred City. To my point though, having a go at Pique in that sentiment is just stupid. And you mentioned De Ligt to boot.
surely the biggest robbery ever was Eden Hazard to Real Madrid
What's your thoughts on Hansi Flick possibly becoming Barca manager
Keep in mind if Barca didnt win the treble in 2015 Bartou would have been let go that year
Barcelona destroyed a few careers. Just like Chelsea and Man Utd these days..
the thumbnail is a piece of art
you should do a video on how barca went broke
Let’s not forget about couthino 😂
I look at you and immediately I think "you must be a barcelona fan"... and not because you using the barça shirt
I don't think he knows what robbery means...
Didn't we have to pay another extra 20 mil to atletico? So we actually paid 140 mil for griezmann.
robbery ❌
robbery ✅
Remember griezmann refused to reduce his salary
As he should have, why did he owe them any favors?
Good for him, u make a contract stick to it
In any other buisnes if you squander away over 250 million your going to be sacked ,held accountable and financialy scrutinised the 130 mill on coutinho and this signing are baffling and someone should be in prison for fraud someone somewhere made/pocketed alot of money .but its more bizare the fact they never gave both players a real chance
and then we got united that spend 100m for anthony lmao
I can't believe our only really sucessful attacker was Lewandowski since Suarez and Neymar.
It was very obvious Griezmann should've not left Aletico Madrid. Wasn't for greedy president Bartemeo barca could've kept Messi.
i’m a barca fan and griezmann is still a genius, easily top 5 of this/last generation and one of my favorite players. that was all bartomeu’s fault, if we already had a messi where was griezmann going to fit? god knows what i hope happens to that fraud bartomeu…..
Im still trying to understand exactly why they signed him when you have messi in team. I mean i know Bartomeu was dumb but damn that man was more than just dumb. He was a serious idiot.
You left out the part where Griezmann and dembele mocked ( and uploaded the video to social media themselves)a Japanese man fixing there hotel while on a paid sponsorship trip to Japan paid for by a Japanese company, which caused outrage in Japan ultimately forcing barca to give there Japanese sponsors a discount to stop them pulling out
It’s absolutely crazy to me how everyone is chiming in with their opinions on Barca and virtually no one is stopping to note how intelligent, astute, insightful, and ENTERTAINING your analysis is. You’ve got it, kid. Please expand your scope while maintaining your quality.
Messi can’t do anything without iniesta or xavi in Europe
Calling 03/04 Barca bad is an utter embarrassment 😂
Peak Ronaldinho...
I'm going to give that you aren't old enough to remember but the early 2000's weren't an era of 50 goals for one striker etc. Defences were infinitely better then also.
R.I.P Barcelona 😅
I think he didn't succeed because Messi was there