History repeats itself a decade later

This morning the signing of Robin Le Normand for Atlético de Madrid; something long known, but still news that could mark a new and then for Real Sociedad. Like signing the Griezmann of the rojiblancos a decade ago; In fact, to be precise, July 28, 2014 was the day on which the transfer was made official for the forward, who at the time was the star of a Real team that played in the Champions League that year. That means, tomorrow will be exactly 10 years.

Start looking for similarities between the signing of Antoine Griezmann for Atlético de Madrid and Robin Le Normand It’s not too complicated either. The one from Macon came to Zubieta when he was almost a child, and despite some difficult early years, he established himself in the first team with the help of Martin Lasartewithout almost going through the subsidiary. Le Normand, for his part, played for the Sanse. It’s not convincing, but the hours of video and individual work Imanol They allowed him to establish himself as one of the great defenders of the country.

Griezmann He also came from playing in a major national team tournament, the 2014 World Cup, and has no shortage of girlfriends on the market. However, he ended up leaving for Atlético de Madrid who paid just over 30 million euros. However, Real ended up taking around 54 million euros for that transfer, due to the percentage of future sales it included in the operation. Le NormandIn principle, this would leave about 35 million fixed, and the total amount would depend on compliance variables.

A hostile reception

Griezmann, one of the most successful youth players in Real’s history, was not satisfied with the ‘loving’ visit to Anoeta. While the club recognized his career at Real on more than one occasion, and messages on social networks were also common from the two, a large part of the fans did not receive him with open arms whenever he playing San Sebastian, which is not a few. Now it will be Le Normand defend the colors of Atlético in the txuri urdin fiefdom.