Cerezo: The agreement with Barcelona has nothing to do with Griezmann Atletico Madrid Discussed deal that was struck

The news that Barcelona reached an agreement with Atletico Madrid to pay 15 million euros extra for Antoine Griezmann in order to prevent Los Rojiblancos from publishing emails relating to when the Frenchman was still an Atletico player caused a lot of intrigue on Monday night.

In addition to the 15m euro payment, Barcelona now have the chance to match any bids for five Atletico players, including Jose Gimenez and Saul Niguez.

The revelation came from El Mundo, although Atletico president Enrique Cerezo has stated that the deal that was stuck has nothing to do with Barcelona's 120m euro purchase of Griezmann this summer.

"The Antoine saga has already been closed with the ridiculous fine of 300 euros from the [Spanish Football] Federation," Cerezo told Radio MARCA.

"I'm not going to talk about money, but the agreement [struck between Atletico and Barcelona] has nothing to do with Griezmann.

"We have that same respect agreement with many more Spanish teams."

Some of Los Rojiblancos' supporters have begun to voice their frustration with the way the 2019/20 season has started under Diego Simeone, yet Cerezo was quick to throw his support behind the Argentine.

"We are delighted with him," he noted.

"Cholo is the best coach in the world right now.

"We agree with him on everything he does and, for us, he is the one who can best coach the players we have."

Regarding the fans' criticism of the playing style, the Atletico president stated that each coach has their own traits.

"Each coach has his style and everyone coaches how they see fit," Cerezo added.

"We like the work our coach does with the players."