France forward Antoine Griezmann has made a shock return to Atletico Madrid just two years after leaving to join Barcelona, on the final day of a hectic European transfer window yesterday morning (Singapore time).

World Cup-winning 30-year-old Griezmann, who scored 133 goals in his first spell with Atletico from 2014-2019, has rejoined on a one-year loan deal with an option to extend by another year and an obligation to buy, the club said.