It has ended up leading to a small battle on social networks. And settled with a harsh message that gives a good account of the dimension of the institutional crisis between both clubs: “In recent months we have been suffering a campaign of harassment and demolition of one of our players,” it said in that final message. At the beginning, Atlético de Madrid has chosen to respond in its own way: with irony.
The club’s official account on ABC and a bag of pipes, accompanied by an image of Lamine Yamal with the red and white shirt. “We are anxiously awaiting the response to prepare the announcement,” the red and white entity joked.
HERE WE GO! We have sent a fax to with our transfer offer: 4 tickets to the Bad Bunny concert tomorrow, an annual subscription to ABC and a bag of pipes. We eagerly await the response to prepare the ‘announce’.
— Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti)
The joke escalated. In the second tweet, the club claimed to have run out of tickets for tomorrow’s concert and improved the offer with six for Sunday’s, with an image of Pedri also dressed as a colchonero. The third was already going all out: Raphinha would arrive on loan for a season in exchange for Tom Ford and Smith without a purchase option, illustrated with a recreation of the player also wearing the red and white jersey. “Irrefutable offer,” the official Atlético account in X has ironically stated.
HERE WE GO! For this second offer we have had a problem, we have run out of tickets for tomorrow’s concert, so we improved the previous proposal with 6 for Sunday’s.
— Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti)
The red and white club has maintained for months that Alvarez is not for sale and has publicly denounced what it describes as a sustained pressure campaign. The discussion culminated with a harsh message, far removed from the initial humorous tone: “No, Atlético de Madrid would never do something like that. However, in recent months we have been suffering a campaign of harassment and demolition of one of our players. Interested leaks, fake newscontinuous lack of respect, the culé version of the machinery inventing comics, calls before direct confrontations… But of course, it would not occur to us either to have the vice president of the referees on the salary or to resort to political favors to register players. Respect and values,” said the message on social networks.
No, Atlético de Madrid would never do something like that. However, in recent months we have been suffering a campaign of harassment and demolition of one of our players. Interested leaks, ‘fake news’, continuous lack of respect, the culé version of the inventing machinery…
— Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti)
Barcelona, busy at that time resolving the transfer of Anthony Gordon, has maintained caution, at least in the early hours of the afternoon.
