Barcelona director of football Mateu Alemany has revealed a deal has been struck to make Antoine Griezmann s loan spell at Atletico Madrid permanent.
Griezmann joined Atletico on a two-year loan deal last season, which reportedly contained a €40million purchase obligation if he played at least 30 minutes in a percentage of the team s games.
That clause has led Atletico to manage Griezmann s minutes in the season s early weeks; although the forward has appeared in all eight of Los Colchoneros league games this campaign, he played under 30 minutes in six of those contests.
It was suggested the two LaLiga giants had reached an agreement worth €19.9million for Griezmann s services earlier this week, and Xavi intimated such reports were correct on Saturday.
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