Will he, won't he? It's fair to say that Antoine Griezmann revelled in the speculation that he was set to join Barcelona this summer.
The Frenchman is currently busy on international duty with Les Bleus at the World Cup and scored a penalty in their 2-1 win over Australia.
In spite of that, he found the time to release a documentary called 'The Decision', a half-hour special in which he promised to reveal where he'll be playing his football next season.
As it turned out, he will be staying put in the Spanish capital and has since signed a new contract to keep him with the Rojiblancos until 2023.
It was all rather contrived. The 27-year-old will have gone down in many football fans' estimations because of it and Barcelona will be none too pleased either.
With a release clause of just £88million, the forward would have been a fantastic signing, even if Ernesto Valverde is already spoilt for choice in his position.
Griezmann could have competed with Ousmane Dembele for his spot, or taken the place of Philippe Coutinho so that the Brazilian could slot into the void left by Andres Iniesta.
Barcelona are not happy
However, while none of that will now be happening, what has particularly irked the Blaugrana is the involvement of Gerard Pique in the saga.
The Barca defender was involved in the production of the film, which was made by his company Kosmos. As reported in the Daily Mail, vice-president Jordi Mestre has accused the former Manchester United man of creating a 'bad feeling' around the Nou Camp.
"We respect Griezmann's decision to renew with Atletico Madrid as we respect the decision of any player," he said.
"I feel bad and we regret that our members have been disappointed by the staging of the decision.
"Pique's participation has generated surprise and bad feeling at the club and among Barcelona supporters.
"We will speak internally with him and with [Barcelona and France team-mate Samuel] Umtiti and we will not make any public statement."
Pique responds
The 31-year-old has now hit back at the criticism, quoted via the Sun:
“I’m surprised by the reaction of the people of Barcelona, who doubt my commitment and love I have for this club.
“It is very surprising. It’s one of my companies (which produced the video) but the idea is several weeks old.
“I spoke with Griezmann. He told me there was a possibility he would go to Barcelona. I told him we were going to film, that it would be very good content for people to see from the inside how such a decision is made.
“From there I obviously moved away... Finally, he said he was staying. It’s like that: he stays.
“I don’t give any advice. I only put cameras there so that we knew what was happening. When I knew things, I told people at the club. There have not been two versions of the end (of the video) recorded.
“It’s good that people feel close to the player. Finally, he does not come but other players will come… I did not betray Barca.”
What can he have been thinking?
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