{"id":1098693,"date":"2019-07-24T10:28:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T09:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1098693"},"modified":"2019-07-24T10:58:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T09:58:41","slug":"barcelona-griezmann-love-lacazette-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/barcelona-griezmann-love-lacazette-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Griezmann: Liverpool deserve Premier League glory because of their fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Antoine Griezmann has revealed his desire for Liverpool to win the Premier League.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old forward, who recently swapped Atl\u00e9tico Madrid for Barcelona in a highly controversial move, named Liverpool as the team he admires the most in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7317342-rodgers-has-helped-tick-the-boxes-for-maguire-s-manchester-move<\/p>\n<p>Bar\u00e7a activated Griezmann&#8217;s \u00a3108m release clause after being linked with him for some time, but there&#8217;s since been contention as to when the club and player agreed the move.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, this season Griezman will be focused on putting on Bar\u00e7a&#8217;s jersey for the first time, as well as helping them win a first European Cup since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining the Spanish champions he&#8217;s spoken about his excitement at being on the same team as five-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner Lionel Messi, which he&#8217;s effectively labelled a dream.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Ajax Could&#039;ve Lined Up!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bRbUqITjj3k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And while Griezmann believes La Liga has an advantage over the Premier League due to the presence of &#8220;the sun&#8221;, the Frenchman admits Liverpool are a club he greatly appreciates.<\/p>\n<p>Asked which English club he admires the most, Griezmann said Liverpool &#8220;because of the fans&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11833\/11768062\/antoine-griezmann-neymars-barcelona-transfer-difficult\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">He added<\/a>:\u00a0&#8220;They deserve to win the Premier League, hopefully one day they will win it again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Will Griezmann ever play in the Premier League? Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Griezmann has joined Barcelona after a five-year stint with Atletico Madrid.<\/li>\n<li>The 28-year-old is a World Cup winner with France but is yet to win La Liga.<\/li>\n<li>He has signed a five-year contract with Barcelona, meaning he will be 33 when his current deal expires.<\/li>\n<li>Whether there will still be interest in him from the Premier League in 2024 may depend on his performances for Barcelona.<\/li>\n<li>Griezmann has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/antoine-griezmann-arsenal-leading-assist-provider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressed a desire<\/a> to one day play with Arsenal forward Alexandre Lacazette.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"66c974de-b77b-4864-9922-f0029ea5359e\" data-show-info=\"false\" data-show-share=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antoine Griezmann has revealed his desire for Liverpool to win the Premier League. 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