Madrid: Atletico Madrid showed they have got agreed a deal to signal French striker Antoine Griezmann completely from Barcelona, on a freelance till 2026.

Griezmann has been on mortgage at Atletico since August 2021 after a hard spell at Camp Nou, following his 120 million euro (116.5 million buck) transfer in 2019.

“Griezmann has signed a deal that hyperlinks him to our membership till June 30, 2026,” mentioned Atletico in a remark on Monday.

The 2018 International Cup winner used to be a key determine in trainer Diego Simeone’s plans final season however has in large part been lowered to replace appearances within the present marketing campaign as Atletico attempted to flee paying a reported mandatory 40 million euro acquire charge if he performed over a undeniable choice of video games.

With the International Cup drawing near and Griezmann prepared to function extra, Atletico and Barcelona negotiated a brand new deal, with Barcelona president Joan Laporta confirming the price all through the membership’s contributors meeting on Sunday.

“It’s for 20 million euros plus 4 extra in variables,” mentioned Laporta.

“There’s every other clause within the deal to promote the participant, which is if Atletico make a decision to promote him someday they are going to must pay us the adaptation that continues to be, as much as the worth of the 40 million which used to be agreed sooner than.”

Atletico didn’t divulge the worth of the brand new settlement.

Griezmann has performed 303 instances for the membership, scoring 144 objectives, throughout his two stints within the capital.

He netted 35 objectives in 102 appearances for Barcelona, profitable the Copa del Rey there in 2021.

In membership soccer his greatest good fortune has come at Atletico, profitable the Europa League in 2018, in addition to the UEFA Tremendous Cup in the similar 12 months.