Atletico may ship Griezmann back to Barca to sign Ronaldo

Atletico Madrid may look towards offloading a big player to sign and pay Cristiano Ronaldo this season. That big star is likely to be Antoine Griezmann, as per Marca.

As you may already know, Griezmann is on a two-year loan deal at Atleti from Barcelona. That means Los Rojiblancos will likely terminate their pact with Barca and ship him back to Camp Nou. And let's not forget the 'small matter' of Atleti having to pay 40 million to Barca at the end of Griezmann's 2-year loan if they want to keep him.

On the one hand, Griezou could be loaned to some other club by Atleti, with consent from Barcelona if the latter does not want him back.

Jorge Mendes (CR7's agent) is pressing to take Ronaldo to a Champions League club even if it means playing one season on loan at Atleti. For Griezmann, that's bad news, unless Simeone says no to Ronaldo to save Griezou's bacon.

Source: Marca