Sources: Antoine Griezmann to sign 2-year deal with Orlando

Antoine Griezmann is about to sign a two-year deal together with a further one-year choice with Orlando City SCa number of sources advised ESPN Sunday.

The Atlético Madrid left attacker for Orlando on Sunday night time after his workforce’s 3-2 derby loss to real Madrid to finalize the transfer, sources added, with Griezmann anticipated to start taking part in for the MLS aspect in July.

Griezmann will stay with Atlético till the top of the season, which nonetheless features a Champions League quarterfinal tie with Barcelona and to King’s Cup ultimate in opposition to Royal Society.

The former France star, who was on the 2018 World Cup profitable workforce, retired from worldwide responsibility in 2024.

ESPN reported in February that Griezmann was in talks to make a transfer to Orlando earlier than the top of the LaLiga season, however sources mentioned he determined to put the transfer on maintain to end out the 12 months with Atlético.

Griezmann is Atlético’s all-time main scorer with 210 targets, however he has but to win a significant title with Diego Simeone’s workforce.

Simeone has repeatedly mentioned that he would help any choice that Griezmann, a longtime Atlético Madrid veteran, made. His present deal with Atleti runs by way of 2027.

Major League Soccer’s summer season window opens on July 13.

ESPN’s Gustavo Hofman and Jeff Carlisle contributed to this report.