Simeone "Not Worried" About Losing Griezmann
Diego Simeone says he "can't imagine" Antoine Griezmann leaving Atletico Madrid this summer, despite links to Barcelona
Diego Simeone says he cannot imagine Antoine Griezmann leaving Atletico Madrid.
There was renewed speculation over Griezmann's future during the international break, the France forward having been strongly linked with Barcelona last year.
Griezmann instead announced his intention to stay with Atletico in a specially produced television documentary and this week he declared himself "fed up" with the transfer speculation.
Lucas Hernandez has been sold to Bayern Munich but Simeone does not think Griezmann will follow his fellow World Cup winner out of the club.
"Honestly, I am not worried about the Griezmann issue," Simeone told reporters ahead of Saturday's LaLiga trip to Deportivo Alaves.
"He is a captain of Atletico Madrid, he has always responded with football, with facts, what he wants, now we have an important game in which he will have to answer.
"If I imagine the next season without Griezmann? No, I cannot imagine the next season without him because he has a contract with the club, he is one of the captains of Atletico, he gave everything since he arrived, and I imagine tomorrow he will have a great match. That's all I see around Griezmann."