Barcelona Snub 'Hardest Decision' Of Griezmann's Career
Atletico Madrid can improve in the Champions League according to Antoine Griezmann, who said he was "not good mentally" last season.
Antoine Griezmann promised to mount a LaLiga title challenge with Atletico Madrid after making "the hardest decision of my career" to reject Barcelona.
Griezmann scored 19 league goals in 32 games last season, before netting four in seven World Cup outings to help France claim the Jules Rimet Trophy for the second time.
The 27-year-old opened up about the impact the decision had on his life and the interest Atleti showed in his wellbeing throughout an emotional time.
"Like I said, I was given love," he told Telefoot. "Everyone wanted to know how I was doing.
"It was the hardest decision of my career. I woke up my wife at 3am to talk about it."
Atleti finished second last season but have made a sluggish start to this campaign, winning two of their opening five LaLiga matches to sit fifth.
He also pledged to contribute to an improvement in the Champions League after Atleti were eliminated at the group stage last season, despite going on to win the Europa League.
"In the Champions League we will try to do better than last year when we did not reach the knockouts," he said.
"It was in a large part my fault because I was not good mentally.
"In the league, we will try to stay with both [Barcelona and Madrid]."