Griezmann has been with Atlético Madrid for five years and for many was leaving from the first of these five with the implication being that he always saw himself bigger than the club.

Mexicans call this time of the year in the game, ‘football by the stove’, a reference to the cold of winter and the opening of the transfer window

Diego Simeone celebrated his seventh anniversary as Atlético Madrid manager on December 23

Filipe Luis made a decision to leave Atlético and followed through with it once before, in 2014. Simeone's side had just been crowned league champions but the Brazilian left-back decided that that chapter of his career had concluded.

El Atlético pasó la prueba de Lisboa y se mete en semifinales