Atletico Madrid have announced Antoine Griezmann has put pen to paper on a new five-year deal keeping him at the club until 2021.
Griezmann, 25, has been heavily linked with a move away from Atletico since the start of last season with Chelsea among those regularly mooted with the France international.
The Atletico star still had four years left to run on the deal he signed when he joined from Real Sociedad in 2014 but Diego Simeone’s side have moved to secure his long-term future and end rumours of his exit this summer.
“I’m very satisfied, very happy to keep belonging to this family and this project. I want to improve every year, and the club, the coaches and my teammates can help me reach this goal,” Griezmann told the club’s official website.
“The club wants to keep the level as high as possible and we have to give everything to continue growing. I hope we can keep this way and continue with this progression.
“Personally I’d like to score more goals, have more time and matches to play, assist more. My goal is always to be better than the last season. At the collective level we are looking for doing better than last year as well.”
Griezmann’s release clause has also reportedly increased from €82.3m (£63m) to €100m (£76.6m).
Only Cristiano Ronaldo (148) and Lionel Messi (143) have scored more goals in the last four La Liga seasons than Griezmann (70).
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