In one of the most important movements of the summer market, Barcelona spent 120 million euros on Antoine Griezmann and even got into legal trouble with Atletico Madrid for the signing.
In the end, the Madrid club signed Portugal's Joao Felix thanks to the Greizmann sale, and while the Frenchman has the ability to be decisive, he can also shut down very easily.
In his time with Atletico de Madrid, moments in which Griezmann was blocked and the team could not rely on him were somewhat frequent. In fact, two of his worst years in terms of goals and performance in Spain were under Simeone.
Griezmann landed in Barcelona with humility, making it clear that he was there to make people happy and roll in the goals, although it now seems that doing so is proving difficult in a lineup without Leo Messi and Luis Suarez, the two that make things easier.
The French striker cannot afford games like this past Saturday against Osasuna because he came to Barça for such appointments. He failed to respond and also signed the worst match since he left France for Spain.
It was the duel with fewer interventions since he started playing in La Liga, right after pulling all the stops and scoring his first goal for Barcelona against Real Betis last weekend.
The match against Osasuna saw Griezmann go unnoticed and not even be able to shoot on target, all while teammates like Carles Perez, Rafinha, De Jong or Busquets should be trying to give him the ball so he can score.
In three days, Griezmann has left more doubts than flashes of brilliance and Barcelona cannot be satisfied with having an inconstant player in the attack; it's matches like those against Osasuna that will determine the La Liga winner.