Antoine Griezmann was fed up, broke the silence and confessed his dialogues with Lionel Messi

11/23/2020 1:48 PM

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Updated 11/23/2020 11:33 PM

The French Antoine Griezmann, Barcelona forward, considered that it was "time to put things in their place" because he had

been putting up with things for a

.

And he did it on the

, in an interview that aired this Monday night in Spain.

In it, the Frenchman reviewed his personal situation, "the noise that has formed around his figure and his relationship with Messi."

It is the first interview that the forward gives since he arrived at Barcelona in the European summer of 2019. He did not do it before, he assured, because "I did not want to speak outside, but in the field, because it is what I do best, with him. ball at feet ".

For this reason, he clarified: "I have been putting up with things for a long time. I already said enough."

Without chemistry on the court, the rumors about a bad relationship Griezmann and Messi have been growing in recent times.

Some attribute it, without too many arguments, to the fact that the Argentine does not understand why they signed the former Atlético de Madrid and did not make the effort to repatriate Neymar, with whom he formed an unforgettable partnership with the Uruguayan Luis Suárez:

.

The first reference to Messi was when he spoke of his arrival in Barcelona, ​​delayed because he previously chose to stay at Atlético de Madrid.

"I arrived in Barcelona, ​​which had rejected him a year before. There could have been comments even in the dressing room, but I wanted to apologize, if I had to, in the field," Griezmann explained. "I spoke with

when I arrived and he told me that he

when I refused to go the first time because he had made public comments and in the end I said no. But he also told me that he was to death with me and it's what I notice and what I feel every day. "

Griezmann and Messi, before the clash with Atlético de Madrid.

AFP photo

And then he specifically referred to the sayings of Eric Olhats, who is recognized as his discoverer and who was his representative, after strong statements by him against Messi, whom he basically accused in an interview with France Football of

in Barcelona and not wanting Antoine to come to the club.

Griezmann detached himself from his former agent.

"I have not had a relationship with Eric since I got married. He did not come to my wedding, I was very angry, he is not my representative and I have no relationship with him. As no one around me speaks, he thinks like anyone does and can do a lot of damage, It can create doubts in the dressing room and in my relationship with Leo, "said the Frenchman.

And he went further with regard to his relationship with Messi: "Leo knows that I have a lot of respect for him. I learn from him. And then (there is) my uncle, who does not know what football is about. A journalist comes and he wants to get a sentence out of you. I told

that I have nothing to do with them. The other (for Olhats) I haven't talked to him for three years; and I don't even have WhatsApp about my uncle. "

Griezmann continued telling that Messi knew of this interview because he himself had anticipated it: "I told

that I would speak, although I don't like it, to clarify things."

And then he asked that criticism of him be reduced: "I need a little help from everyone, from fans, from the club. I already have it from my teammates. That people be softer with me, journalists, that they don't hit me so many sticks , that they leave me a little calm ".

"Always something bad, if it is not with

is that I want to go, that I will leave in January because they are going to sell me. It is to get up every morning and see if there is something wrong. Hopefully after this interview everything will calm down a little with me "complained the world champion in 2018.

The uncle the attacker was talking about is a relative who also pointed against the captain of the Argentine National Team and said that

.

"I was convinced that Antoine was not going to triumph in six months in Barcelona, ​​but I did not expect it to last a year. Besides, with Messi there ... I know what happens inside, it is not easy," said the relative of the French striker in a report broadcast on French television "M6".

With many qualms, Griezmann's uncle warned that you cannot tell everything that happens in the Blaugrana dressing room.

"But not enough work is done. In general, Barcelona does not work. The training sessions are made for certain people to like it. It is evident that it is not working," he added.

He also assured that his nephew "needs to work" and "others don't need to make a lot of effort to be good" while "Antoine is the other way around, he needs a lot of effort to be good".

Now it was time for Griezmann to clarify the goals or redouble the bet.

We will have to wait to see what they say on the program this Monday night.

Source: EFE