{"id":299402,"date":"2023-12-15T20:44:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=299402"},"modified":"2023-12-15T20:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:44:33","slug":"griezmann-reveals-english-side-he-is-managing-on-football-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/griezmann-reveals-english-side-he-is-managing-on-football-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Griezmann reveals English side he is managing on Football Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Antoine Griezmann reveals surprise English Championship club he&#8217;s playing with on Football Manager&#8230; and names Liverpool defender as his new star signing<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Atletico Madrid star Griezmann is a big fan of the Football Manager games<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The French World Cup winner has revealed he is managing a Championship side<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Man City MUST win before going to &#8216;pointless FIFA jamboree&#8217; &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Antoine Griezmann has revealed the Championship club that he has been rebuilding on Football Manager.<\/p>\n<p>The Atletico Madrid star is a big fan of the series, previously telling Kylian Mbappe in a viral video that he signed the Paris Saint-Germain star for his Newcastle team.<\/p>\n<p>He is now working on rebuilding a former Premier League winning side as he looks to take them back to their former glory.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with ESPN, he revealed that he is managing Blackburn Rovers, where he will be hoping to replicate the success of Kenny Dalglish &#8211; who got them promoted to the Premier League before winning the title in 1995.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that his star signing was a Liverpool player, although, he couldn&#8217;t remember their name.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/15\/79007577-12868813-image-a-47_1702653819886.jpg\" height=\"618\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Antoine Griezmann has revealed that he manages Blackburn Rovers on Football Manager, saying they sit sixth in the Championship and that &#8216;the board are very happy&#8217; with his work<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/15\/79007673-12868813-image-a-48_1702653907831.jpg\" height=\"413\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Atletico Madrid star is a big fan of Football Manager after previously talking about rebuilding Newcastle and Arsenal on previous editions of the game<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/15\/79006605-12868813-image-m-50_1702653941166.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Griezmann said he signed a Scottish right-back from Liverpool, which fans quickly pointed out that it would be Calvin Ramsay &#8211; who has been sent out on loan to Preston this season<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>After confirming that he manages Blackburn, he was asked on how he has been performing, to which he said: &#8216;I&#8217;m in the first division in sixth place.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When asked if there were any complaints from the board, he added: &#8216;The board are very happy, they want to renew my contract.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Finally asked who he has signed this season, he said: &#8216;A young right-back who was at Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s Scottish but I can&#8217;t remember the name.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Fans on social media have put the pieces of the puzzle together to figure out that Griezmann is talking about 20-year-old Calvin Ramsay.<\/p>\n<p>Ramsay has only recently returned to action after a lengthy injury lay-off, undergoing knee surgery at Liverpool last year.<\/p>\n<p>He was loaned out to Championship side Preston, where he has recently featured in their 4-0 loss to Middlesbrough, followed by a 2-0 defeat to QPR.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/06\/07\/09\/43917059-0-image-a-6_1623055131132.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Griezmann previously revealed he won five trophies with Newcastle and signed Kylian Mbappe for \u00a3134m<\/p>\n<p>Griezmann though must feel that Ramsay is the man to help Blackburn achieve promotion to the Premier League.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2021, Griezmann was filmed as the France squad were mid-flight during their warm-up fixtures before Euro 2020.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A smiling Griezmann was filmed by France&#8217;s social media channels, sitting next to former Barcelona team-mate Ousmane Dembele on the flight, while explaining how he had won five trophies with the Magpies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/04\/16\/12\/12333370-6927285-image-a-1_1555412708201.jpg\" height=\"1222\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He also showed off his 2019 Arsenal team which included Jordan Pickford and Chris Mepham<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>He then roped Mbappe into the conversation, by telling the PSG ace he had actually signed him on the game for the costly sum of \u00a3134million.<\/p>\n<p>Mbappe, looking slightly perplexed, simply replied: &#8216;Newcastle, where? 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