{"id":166935,"date":"2026-02-24T14:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/166935\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:00:22","slug":"griezmann-to-orlando-e25m-clause-could-lift-french-star-to-6th-on-all-time-transfer-fee-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/166935\/","title":{"rendered":"Griezmann to Orlando? \u20ac25m clause could lift French star to 6th on all-time transfer fee list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From LaLiga to MLS\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/antoine-griezmann-atletico-de-madrid-2025-2026-1770636460-189231.jpg\" title=\"Griezmann to Orlando? \u20ac25m clause could lift French star to 6th on all-time transfer fee list\" alt=\"Griezmann to Orlando? \u20ac25m clause could lift French star to 6th on all-time transfer fee list\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                                       \u00a9IMAGO\n                                    <\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Antoine Griezmann\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/antoine-griezmann\/profil\/spieler\/125781\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antoine Griezmann<\/a> could be heading to Major League Soccer before the end of the season. According to a report by The Athletic, the 34-year-old Frenchman from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/atletico-madrid\/startseite\/verein\/13\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/a> is in advanced talks with <a title=\"Orlando City SC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/orlando-city-sc\/startseite\/verein\/45604\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando City SC<\/a>. The transfer window in <a title=\"Major League Soccer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/major-league-soccer\/startseite\/wettbewerb\/MLS1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Major League Soccer<\/a> is open until March 26.<\/p>\n<p>\n    <a class=\"bbcodesLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/a-griezmann-al-orlando-city-sc-\/thread\/forum\/154\/thread_id\/1189348\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                        Rumour<\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/125781-1719928503.jpg\" title=\"Antoine Griezmann\" alt=\"Antoine Griezmann\" class=\"\"\/>                    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a title=\"Antoine Griezmann\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/antoine-griezmann\/profil\/spieler\/125781\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A. Griezmann<\/a>                    <\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/13.png\" title=\"Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid\" alt=\"Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid\" class=\"\"\/>                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Second Striker                    <\/p>\n<p>                                    Atl\u00e9tico                                <\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/13.png\" title=\"Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid\" alt=\"Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid\" class=\"\"\/>                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                            ?<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/45604.png\" title=\"Orlando City SC\" alt=\"Orlando City SC\" class=\"\"\/>                                <\/p>\n<p>                                    Orlando                                <\/p>\n<p>                                    LaLiga                                <\/p>\n<p>                                    Major League Soccer                                <\/p>\n<p>    <\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>Grizemann is considered a big fan of the Norther American league and has made no secret of his desire to play in MLS at some point. Just last summer, the striker extended his contract with Atl\u00e9tico ahead of schedule until 2027, but limited playing time this season could lead to a change of heart. The left-footed player has only been in the starting line-up six times in <a title=\"LaLiga\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/laliga\/startseite\/wettbewerb\/ES1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LaLiga<\/a> this season. It is not known whether Atl\u00e9tico has a say in the matter if Griezmann, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/atletico-madrid\/topTorschuetzen\/verein\/13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">who is the club&#8217;s record goalscorer with 210 goals<\/a>, wants to leave.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Football\/Article\/La-tres-interessante-clause-de-depart-d-antoine-griezmann\/1402796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">L&#8217;\u00c9quipe<\/a> reported a release clause of \u20ac25 million. It is unclear whether this was removed when his contract was extended last year. According to the report, Orlando believes it has a good chance of signing Griezmann during the current season in Europe. Sporting director <a title=\"Ricardo Moreira\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/ricardo-moreira\/profil\/trainer\/109446\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ricardo Moreira<\/a> has reportedly visited Spain several times to push the deal forward. Other MLS clubs are also interested in the 2018 World Cup winner, but the Florida club owns the discovery rights, which give them the right of first refusal for a player within the league. Griezmann could take the last designated player spot in Orlando, which allows him to earn a salary above the league-wide cap.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Grizmann accumulated transfer fees\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/grizmann-accumulated-transfer-fees-1771921241-190339.png\" alt=\"Grizmann accumulated transfer fees\" width=\"503\" height=\"629\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nGriezmann to climb list of most expensive players ever?<\/p>\n<p>While a move to MLS would signify a departure from European football for the French forward, it could also offer the 34-year-old star one final opportunity to earn a transfer fee before the end of his career. Following a \u20ac54m move from <a title=\"Real Sociedad\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/real-sociedad\/startseite\/verein\/681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Real Sociedad<\/a> to Atl\u00e9tico in 2014, then a \u20ac120m move to <a title=\"FC Barcelona\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/fc-barcelona\/startseite\/verein\/131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barcelona<\/a> five years later and then a \u20ac10m loan fee and subsequent \u20ac22m transfer back to the Spanish capital, Griezmann has demanded no less than \u20ac206m in transfer fees over the course of his career.<\/p>\n<p>That staggering figure means the French international sits eighth on Transfermarkt&#8217;s list for the highest accumulative transfer fees ever, just behind <a title=\"\u00c1lvaro Morata\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/-lvaro-morata\/profil\/spieler\/128223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00c1lvaro Morata<\/a> (\u20ac217.2m) and <a title=\"Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/jo-o-f-lix\/profil\/spieler\/462250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix<\/a> (\u20ac223.1m). <a title=\"Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/ousmane-demb-l-\/profil\/spieler\/288230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9<\/a>, who has earned \u20ac233m in transfer fees during his career, is the only French player to sit above Griezmann in the rankings. But if he does make the move to MLS for anything close to the aformentioned release clause, it could push the future Orlando star into sixth place on the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From LaLiga to MLS\u00a0 \u00a9IMAGO Antoine Griezmann could be heading to Major League Soccer before the end of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47194,47195,13478,139,4788,141,140],"class_list":{"0":"post-166935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-antoine-griezmann","9":"tag-atletico-madrid","10":"tag-laliga","11":"tag-orlando","12":"tag-orlando-city-sc","13":"tag-orlando-headlines","14":"tag-orlando-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}