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Griezmann replacement at Atletico? Aspas unsure about €40m move talk

The Celta Vigo striker is attracting interest on the back of another productive season in La Liga, but he is reluctant to be drawn on his future

Iago Aspas is being mooted as a potential successor to Antoine Griezmann if Atletico Madrid part with their star striker this summer, but the Celta Vigo striker is unsure about talk of €40 million (£35m/$48m) moves.

Having flopped in the Premier League during a forgettable one-season stint at Liverpool, a 30-year-old frontman has been reborn back in his homeland.

A loan spell at Sevilla got him firing again before a return to familiar surroundings at Celta allowed him to flourish and plunder 53 goals across three La Liga seasons.