Orlando City signs France legend Antoine Griezmann

Orlando City has announced the signing of French World Cup-winning forward Antoine Griezmann.  Griezmann, 35, signed a two-year deal, good through the 2027-28 season, with a club option for the 2028-29 campaign. The deal is contingent on France international passing a medical, receiving his International Transfer Certificate as well as a P-1 visa. Griezmann will finish out the current season with Atltico Madrid and join up with Orlando when the summer transfer window opens on July 13. "I am very excited to begin this next chapter of my career with Orlando City," Griezmann said in a statement. "From my first conversations with the Club, I could feel a strong ambition and a clear vision for the future, and that really spoke to me. I look forward to making Orlando my new home, meeting the supporters, feeling the energy at Inter&Co Stadium, and giving everything I have to help the team achieve great things." Griezmann, a World Cup winner with France in 2018 and runner-up in 2022, joined Atletico from Real Sociedad in 2014 and won three trophies at the club, most notably the Europa League in 2018. He became the world's sixth most expensive signing at the time when joining Barcelona for 107m in 2019 before returning to the Metropolitano Stadium in 2021. Griezmann, who came third in the Ballon dOr in both 2016 and 2018, retired from international football in September 2024 after earning 137 caps for France.The post Orlando City signs France legend Antoine Griezmann appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.