The Mexican striker was flogged to Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen for £7. His willingness to sacrifice himself for the team impresses me. Getty Images5Griezmann is a huge favourite with the fans of La Liga club Atletico MadridNews Group N. The teenage French striker is the hottest prospect in world football and has been linked with a mega-money move this summer. Isco has struggled to nail down a regular first-team position at the Bernabeu after appearing as a sub on nine occasions in the league and making 13 starts. Real Madrid are ten points ahead of Griezmanns side at the top and even second-placed Barca have an eight-point gap. Elsewhere, both Manchester City and Chelsea have also been monitoring his performances as they weigh-up a potential move at the end of the season. But reports from France on Thursday insist he has reached a pivotal point in his career as Simeones men have dropped out of the top three and the Champions League slots. 9; £35m fee with Monaco for midfield star Tiemoue Bakayoko on lucrative five-year dealinter and outInter Milan may be worst team ever for selling players before they reached their prime Manchester United's Jesse Lingard scores great goal and does a pied piper celebrationAP:Associated Press5Griezmann has been one of the top La Liga strikers with Real Sociedad and now AtleticoThe Sun. I would never sell Di Maria, Chicharito [Hernandez], Danny Welbeck.