This archive report was first published on 15 July 2019.
On Monday, French striker Antoine Griezmann joined his new Barcelona teammates for their first training session since his transfer from Atletico Madrid last week.
According to Barcelona's website, all first-team players, including Griezmann, Frenkie de Jong, Neto, and others, participated in the first of two scheduled sessions.
Meanwhile, French forward Ousmane Dembele and German goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen have recovered from injuries and are now fit to play.
Ter Stegen had been dealing with soreness in his right knee, while Dembele had been struggling with a right hamstring issue.
However, several key players, including Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Philippe Coutinho, Arthur, and Arturo Vidal, were absent from the training session as they are still on vacation after participating in the Copa America.
Griezmann was officially presented as a Barcelona player on Sunday night, after the club paid his 120-million-euro release clause.
Atletico Madrid has expressed dissatisfaction with the amount, claiming that Barcelona and Griezmann negotiated the deal before the buy-out price dropped from 200 million euros at the start of July.
Spanish sports newspaper AS reported that Atletico will take their case to Fifa, arguing that Barcelona owe them more than the 120 million euros deposited by Griezmann's lawyer on Friday.
Barcelona is set to travel to Japan on Saturday, where they will play friendlies against Chelsea on July 23 and Andres Iniesta's Vissel Kobe four days later.
