Leo Messy was the reason Greezmann refused to transfer to Barca last year.

Antoine Greezmann has finally completed the long-awaited transfer from Atletico Madrid to Barcelona.

The Frenchman has been linked to a passage to “Camp Nou” for a long time, until Barcelona had made a very public offer last summer.

It seemed that the move would be completed in 2018, after Barcha activated the 100 million-dollar player clause.

However, the player published a controversial documentary with the title “Decision”, in which he found he would stay at Atletico.

And in an interview he gave eight months ago, Griesmann admitted it was partly because of the Messy why he refused the passage to Catalon.

Clearly, Griesmann wanted to be the chief and play for a club to be built around him.

Was barca difficult to refuse? It was very difficult,” said in November 2018.

You got the bar that's interested in you, calling you, texting you. But then there's the club where you're playing, where you're considered very important and want to build the project around you.

And being behind the Mess could have played a role.

But my associates and the people of the [Atticos'] club do everything, they talked to me and raised my salary.” /Periscope. com/