Antoine Griezmann

[Ritchie]

Exactly right about Firmino !!

I raved about him a while back and got slaughtered as usual but he is the focal point of Liverpools attack and he'd be brilliant for us .. I mentioned swapping Suarez back to Liverpool for him but it didn't go down too well

He's like a peak Benzema. Brings the best out of the attack around him. Messi, Coutinho, Firmino and Dembele could be a great front line.I don't see where Griezmann fits into it.

 

[El Flaco]

He's like a peak Benzema. Brings the best out of the attack around him. Messi, Coutinho, Firmino and Dembele could be a great front line.I don't see where Griezmann fits into it.

Benzema still does that jobb for RM despite his diminishing goalscoring production, but Firmino definitely fits the profile and brings in goals.

Also, Firmino's release clause is reportedly "only" €80m which is relatively cheap in today's market.

Edit: My bad, it was actually €98m.

 

[FCBfan22]

Benzema still does that jobb for RM despite his diminishing goalscoring production, but Firmino definitely fits the profile and brings in goals.

Also, Firmino's release clause is reportedly "only" €80m which is relatively cheap in today's market.

Wait, Firmino has a release clause?

 

[Joan]

He's like a peak Benzema. Brings the best out of the attack around him. Messi, Coutinho, Firmino and Dembele could be a great front line.I don't see where Griezmann fits into it.

Benzema offers everything Firminho does, but some seem to ignore Benz once used to be a good goalscorer.
Their whole carers taken into account - minutes for goal:
Benz 143
Firminho 235

Prime Benzema was much better, though I agree they are similar.

 

[Raketa10]

Firminho blah-blah-blah...Griezmann transfer has already been agreed

 

[El Flaco]

Wait, Firmino has a release clause?

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Benzema offers everything Firminho does, but some seem to ignore Benz once used to be a good goalscorer.
Their whole carers taken into account - minutes for goal:
Benz 143
Firminho 235

Prime Benzema was much better, though I agree they are similar.

Benz constantly scored 20+ goals in all comps for years whereas Firmino has only done that 2x in his career and yet to score 20+ league goals.

Never mind that a 'finished' Benzema has nearly made as many assists & created chances per 90 as Firmino this season.

 

[FCBfan22]

It seems that Griezmann is coming for the money first and foremost, not for the trophies.

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[Raketa10]

It seems that Griezmann is coming for the money first and foremost, not for the trophies.

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We also needed that for Coutinho

 

[BarçaBarça]

We also needed that for Coutinho

Exactly. Our revenue with Beko + Nike + Rakuten makes 2018 a year where we earn something like 60M€/year more than 2 years ago, so that shouldn't be the decisive factor.
AND: Maybe Iniesta is leaving, and that would mean a lot in terms of both wage and team-quality.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Iniesta is leaving so that opens a lot of salary. Should be enough for Griez? I hope.

Still tough to picture Griez with Barca. Do we need him? Midfield is still our weakness.

 

[Alik]

Benzema offers everything Firminho does, but some seem to ignore Benz once used to be a good goalscorer.
Their whole carers taken into account - minutes for goal:
Benz 143
Firminho 235

Prime Benzema was much better, though I agree they are similar.

Firminho blah-blah-blah...Griezmann transfer has already been agreed

I would always choose Griezmann over Firminho.

It's Firmino.

 

[Raketa10]

It's Firmino.

 

[SKS-]

If reports are true and he comes, surely Suarez is on the way out no? If not, double pivot hasn't really been our thing and it would be a little awkward to phase out Dembele. Meh, who knows.

 

[Androutsos]

It's funny seeing people on Twitter etc saying we should just keep Suarez and the 100 million and invest in La Masia 'because that is what Barcelona does' lol in reality we would be lucky if someone like Abel Ruiz even became as good as Paco.

 

[xXKonan]

According to Cat radio, Griezmann's family was in Barcelona again looking for houses and his sister met with someone important from the Board.