Atleti bid to halt Barca’s €120m Griezmann deal

Atletico Madrid are beginning legal action as they bid to put a halt to Barcelona’s swoop for the France international forward Antoine Griezmann.

World Cup winner Griezmann looks set to leave Madrid for Barca after the Catalan club announced they had paid his €120m buyout fee. France forward Griezmann, 28, rejected a move to Barcelona last year but announced in May that he was leaving Atletico, where he has spent the last five seasons since signing from Real Sociedad in 2014.