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Introduction

In recent days, Julián Álvarez was linked with FC Barcelona as they are interested in the Argentine striker.

According to Fabrizio Romano, Barcelona reportedly offered €100 million in straight cash for the 26-year-old striker, who wants to leave Atlético Madridafter scoring 20 goals last season and joining from Manchester City for €75 million.

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Atlético Madrid Responds on X

According to Fabrizio Romano, reports suggested that Atlético Madrid continued by saying on their X account:

“No, Atlético de Madrid would never do something like that.”

The club then released a strong statement addressing the ongoing rumors surrounding Julián Álvarez.

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Atlético Accuses Barcelona of Disrespect

Atlético Madrid continued by saying:

“However, in recent months, we’ve been suffering a smear campaign against one of our players. Leaked information with ulterior motives, ‘fake news,’ constant disrespect, the culé version of the propaganda machine inventing little stories, calls before direct matchups…”

The statement became even stronger as Atlético added:

“But of course, it wouldn’t occur to us either to have the referees’ vice president on our payroll or to resort to political favors to register players. RESPECT and VALUES.”