Welcome To London – Griezmann Finally Heading For Stamford Bridge

Finally Antoine Griezmann is heading to Chelsea. This assertion comes after bookmakers slashed odds on his signing by Chelsea. Of course for us used to the workings of bookmakers, slashing odds is an obvious way of affirming that the possibility of such a deal has greatly improved. This is because of the connections bookmakers have to well-placed individuals with access to critical information.As it is presently, his odds of moving to Chelsea has been slashed to around 4/5. Surely there should be no doubts again about his moving to Chelsea, what should be of concern now is, when will the deal be formally announced.

Of course, Mourinho has already admitted that he was in the market for two or three players and with Griezmann being linked all season with Chelsea and also his admission to want to turn out for Chelsea, then there is no debate as to the authenticity of this piece of news. And while we are left to debate how soon the deal will be completed, we have to ask if Griezmann is actually a player needed at Chelsea. After the debacle of his second coming to the premier (losing out to Man City on the league title for the 2013-2014 season) Mourinho set out to build a formidable team, and he did this by identifying key areas his squad was lacking and he made signings to bolster his team. This worked with Chelsea creating a record of being top of the table from kick off to the day they were crowned champions.

However, his strike force were not as formidable as they should have been with Costa having to battle injuries, while Loic Remy and Didier Drogba tried their best. Signing Griezmann solves the problem of for Mourinho, with the French forward scoring 22 goals for his club. A pairing of Diego Costa and Antoine Griezmann will definitely be a scourge to teams in the premier league next season.