Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo believes the club’s star attacking player Antoine Griezmann is “1,000 percent staying”.
The Atleti supremo believes the 28-year-old has no intentions of leaving the club having penned a new long-term contract last summer and rejecting interesting from Barcelona.
A report in El Mundo Deportivo last week outlined how Griezmann’s ‘proven quality and fixed price of €120m’ – relating to the forward’s release clause – is why the Blaugrana are interested in a summer deal.
“There is no chance that Griezmann leaves us in the summer,” Cerezo told Spanish TV show 'El Rondo'.
“He is staying here, 1,000 percent.”
The Frenchman does have a release clause in his new contract, that drops from €200m to €120m at the end of the current season, and that may tempt the current La Liga leaders to return with a second bid.
Griezmann has netted 18 goals this campaign for Diego Simeone’s side.
