Barcelona sign Griezmann from Atletico Madrid

ByReuters

Published 12/07/2019 at 13:20 GMT

BARCELONA, July 12 (Reuters) - Barcelona have signed Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid for 120 million euros ($135 million)after paying his release clause, the La Liga champions said in a statement on Friday.

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France forward Griezmann, 28, rejected a move to Barcelona last year to sign a new contract with Atletico but announced in May he was leaving the Madrid side, where he has spent the last five seasons since signing from Real Sociedad in 2014. ($1 = 0.8894 euros) (Reporting by Richard Martin; Editing by Toby Davis)

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