Atletico Madrid have re-signed Antoine Griezmann on a permanent deal from Barcelona.
Griezmann returned to the club on loan from the Catalan side last year.
However, the France forward has recently been limited to 30-minute cameos from the bench because of a clause in place that meant, if met, the Madrid club would be liable to pay Barcelona a £35m fee to make the move permanent.
But the deal is now completed, with Madrid announcing the 31-year-old has put pen to paper on a deal until 2026, with a deal worth up to £21million agreed between the two clubs.
The key agreement in loan the deal was related to his minutes. For the move to become automatically permanent, Griezmann would have had to play 45 minutes or more in 80 per cent of the matches for which he was available over the two year period.
Having played 45 minutes in over 80 per cent of fixtures last term, a situation appeared to have developed this season where Diego Simeone and the club had been reticent to pay Barcelona a full £35miliion fee and as such have been withholding Griezmann until at least the 60th minute.
