Real Madrid Transfer News: Atletico President Dashes Antoine Griezmann Rumours

Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has dismissed the idea of star striker Antoine Griezmann making the move to bitter rivals Real Madrid, “or to any other team,” in the future.

In a statement depicting the club figurehead’s determination to keep hold of one of Europe’s hottest assets amid a swirl of transfer speculation, Cerezo told Spanish radio station Onda Cero (h/t MailOnline’s Danny Gallagher):

I don’t believe there is any possibility of Griezmann going to Madrid, or to any other team. There is a fantastic relationship with Real Madrid, a respect as people and as neighbours.

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La Liga is a very long competition, luck plays a part in the Champions League, and the Copa is a trophy that everyone wants and we’ll fight for it.

To compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona financially is very difficult. We try to improve on that every year.

For some years, Barcelona and Real have been viewed as La Liga’s greatest superpowers, capable of luring talents from clubs such as Atletico in their bid to retain a monopoly over Spain’s top flight—and to good effect.

However, in Griezmann, Yahoo’s Andrew Gaffney recently argued Los Rojiblancos have a star who can not only contend with those of the Santiago Bernabeu, but could even be superior to their current strike …

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