ATLÉTICO MADRID TROLL BARCELONA WITH OFFERS FOR YAMAL, PEDRI, RAPHINHA AMID ÁLVAREZ TRANSFER SAGA
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By ‘Sefiu Ajape
Atlético Madrid have appeared to mock recent transfer rumours linking Julián Álvarez with FC Barcelona by posting a series of sarcastic “transfer offers” for Barcelona stars on social media.
The Spanish club first stirred attention after posting: “In a few minutes, we will publish a statement about a relevant matter that is generating numerous pieces of disinformation.”
Shortly afterwards, Atlético posted a joking “Here We Go” statement regarding Lamine Yamal, mimicking transfer expert Fabrizio Romano’s famous catchphrase.
“HERE WE GO! We have sent a fax to @FCBarcelona_es with our transfer offer: 4 tickets for tomorrow’s Bad Bunny concert, an annual subscription to ABC, and a bag of sunflower seeds. We eagerly await the response to prepare the ‘announce’,” the club wrote.
Atlético followed it up with another humorous post about Pedri.
“HERE WE GO! For this second offer we’ve had a problem, we’ve run out of tickets for tomorrow’s concert, so we improve the previous proposal with 6 for the one on Sunday.”
The club then completed the joke with a mock proposal for Raphinha.
“HERE WE GO! And to complete the 3×1, we’ve gotten all carried away and we’re going to throw the little house out the window: the player arrives on loan for a season and in exchange we loan out Tom Ford and Smith with no option to buy. An offer impossible to refuse.”
The posts are widely being interpreted as Atlético Madrid’s response to growing rumours linking Álvarez with a move to Barcelona.
The transfer speculation intensified after reports emerged that Barcelona had submitted an official €100 million bid for the Argentine forward.
Transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano earlier reported that the proposal contained “No add-ons, no players involved,” while adding that “Atlético, not happy about the situation over last 24h — but Julián has already asked to leave.”
Although no agreement has been reached between both clubs, reports suggest Álvarez has informed Atlético Madrid of his desire to leave, with the club said to be reluctant to lose one of their key attacking players without securing a replacement.
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