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The Griezmann puzzle, or, why Barcelona need to play Fati more

Antoine Griezmann is one of the best players in the world, but you wouldn’t know it from his time at Barcelona.

Much like they did to Philippe Coutinho, Barcelona have bought a superstar and played him in an unfamiliar position because his main position does not exist in their system.

For Coutinho, it was the idea of playing him as a winger when he was best suited as an attacking midfielder. Barcelona were given more or less a blank check to sign the one player who could replace Andrés Iniesta, and they thought they had their man on the Liverpool star.