Speaking on Movistar TV after that game<\/a>, Griezmann was asked if he was going to continue at Atletico \u2013 where he is the club\u2019s record ever goalscorer with 210 goals in 484 games in two spells.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m really good here, enjoying myself a lot,\u201d the former France international replied. \u201cWhat I do on the pitch speaks for me by itself. We\u2019ll see but the idea is to stay until the end, and then others can speak.\u201d<\/p>\n
The MLS primary transfer window has been open since January 26 and closes on March 26, while Atletico have qualified to face Real Sociedad in Spain\u2019s Copa del Rey final on April 18.<\/p>\n
Pressed to confirm that he would stay at Atletico for that final, Griezmann replied in the affirmative.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s my dream and my objective, to hopefully we can achieve something big,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Sources briefed on the situation, speaking on the condition of anonymity, have indicated that Orlando accepts that the move is unlikely at this stage and will look to revisit the deal in the summer window which opens on July 13 and shuts on September 2.<\/p>\n
Griezmann\u2019s contract in the Spanish capital runs until 2027, having signed an extension last summer. Speaking at his post-game press conference, Atletico coach Simeone was asked to react to him having said he would stay until the summer at least.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very happy with how Antoine is applying himself,\u201d Simeone said. \u201cHe knows how important he is for Atletico Madrid\u2019s history. I hope he can finish up as he deserves, in the best way possible, and that we can help him by finishing this season in an extraordinary way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Orlando was one of four MLS clubs to express interest in Griezmann, per sources, though Orlando holds his MLS discovery rights, giving them first claim at signing him.<\/p>\n
Griezmann has made 40 appearances in all competitions this season, scoring 13 goals and providing four assists. He has often been used as a substitute in La Liga, but has started important games recently \u2013 such as the recent Copa del Rey semi-finals against Barcelona, in which he scored a fine goal as Barca won the first leg 4-0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atletico Madrid forward and Orlando City target Antoine Griezmann has confirmed that he will stay at the La…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47195,15297,5010,5692,139,4788,141,140],"class_list":["post-186456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-france","tag-la-liga","tag-mls","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city-sc","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186456","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=186456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}