Manchester United to battle Barcelona for Antoine Griezmann

French superstar Antoine Griezmann is currently one of the best players in the world. The left footed forward has become a world class player during his time at Atletico Madrid.

But with some of the biggest clubs in the world circling the French star, Atletico realize that they will have to lose their prized asset sooner rather than later. It was widely speculated that Griezmann would join Manchester United last summer.

Unfortunately for United fans, the deal fell through The Frenchman though remains interested in United and will be looking to come to Manchester next year after the World Cup.

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United fans would no doubt be excited at the possibility of having Griezmann at the club but that might be a pipe dream at this point.

According to reports in France, The star Atletico striker has alreay agreed a deal in principle to join the current La Liga leaders for a reported fee of over £80 million.

Manchester United too were on the lookout for Griezmann, but Antoine looks unlikely to want to leave Spain.

But this information wasn’t recieved positively by Lionel Messi, if reports by the Spanish Don Balon are to be believed.

Also, Jose has not yet given up hope of landing the French star as he is desperate to land the exciting forward. The Portuguese has also told Pogba and Martial to try and convince Griezmann to join them in Manchester next summer.

Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde too has been tight lipped about this. When asked whether a Griezmann to Barcelona or Neymar to Madrid could be likely possibilities, he told a news conference, “Neither. Rumours are rumours.”

On further being probed about Griezmann, Valverde replied: “He is a great player and every time players are linked with Barcelona, they are great players.