The task promises to be tough, but at least he will have plenty of room to tackle it. Antoine Griezmann has been notified by new coach Ronaldo Koeman that he will be a central link in Barça's reconstruction, says L'Equipe du jour. While the Dutch coach began the big cleaning, indicating the exit door to Suarez, Rakitic and Vidal, and that the emblem Lionel Messi therefore asked to leave, the striker of the France team was reassured to him on his role "on and off the field," writes the sports daily.
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- 20 Minutes Sport (@ 20minutesSport) August 27, 2020After a very difficult first season in Catalonia (35 games but very few in total, 9 goals), Grizou wanted to know Koeman's plans for him. The former coach of the Netherlands has fully reassured him, and even more than that. He assured him that he was counting on him on the pitch in an axial role, in support of a center forward, as with the Blues and during his years at Atlético Madrid.
This will also be the case in the locker room, where Koeman sees him as a driving force, a leader, thus taking inspiration from the way Diego Simeone had trusted the Frenchman. Proof of his good faith, the one who was a great defender of the club from 1989 to 1995 accepted the request of Griezmann, who wants to recover the number 7 of Philippe Coutinho. It's up to Griezmann to play now.
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