French starlet turned down Arsenal offer

Atletico midfielder Antoine Griezmann has admitted he turned down offers from the likes of Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain to join La Liga champions Atletico Madrid over the summer.

Griezmann joined Atletico during the summer transfer window, in spite of being linked with a move to the Emirates for a lengthy period of time.

The French international has now revealed that he rebuffed the chance to join the North London outfit as he was keen on plying his trade in La Liga with the Basque club.

"Why Spain and not elsewhere? This is my championship, my home. I'm happy here and Atletico is a great club. The [champions] were willing to pay €30 million [£23.8m] for me," He said.

"Was it weird when PSG and Arsenal were also interested? [Atletico are] still the champions of Spain! I needed a club like that and a coach like Diego Simeone to progress."

Griezmann has scored a solitary goal in 10 appearances for Atletico this season.