French World Cup winner Antoine Griezmann has made a surprise return to Atletico Madrid from Barcelona on a season-long loan.
Atletico announced the deal at the close of transfer deadline day, adding it came with an option to extend for a further year, renewable by either club.
The 30-year-old forward first joined Atletico from Real Sociedad in 2014 and over five seasons became the club’s fifth-highest all-time scorer, with 133 goals in 257 matches.
After coming third in the 2018 Ballon d’Or behind Luka Modric and Cristiano Ronaldo, he was bought by Barcelona in 2019 in a headline-grabbing deal worth 120million euros (£103million).
But he has largely failed to make his mark at the Catalan club, scoring 22 goals in 74 LaLiga games.
