🤣 You make us laugh more than Barça: Atlético hit back at Madrid | OneFootball

Atlético de Madrid responded this Tuesday to Real Madrid’s statement about the offer for Julián Álvarez with a text loaded with irony on its official X account, titled “clarifications regarding our neighbors’ official statement.”

The red-and-white club challenged each of the terms used by Madrid and explicitly rejected the tone of the white club’s statement.

Atlético denied having thanked them for the offer — “you must have confused politeness with gratitude” — and denied having studied or considered any proposal for the Argentine forward. The response went point by point, numbered, and with no concessions.

Atleti also referred to the video of Pope Francis in which he supposedly expressed his sympathy for Atlético, and closed with a comparison between Madrid and Barcelona: “How could we not get along, if you make us laugh even more than Barça.” Julián Álvarez’s future remains unresolved.

The postscript is a jab about the youth academy

The deal remains stalled because of the gap between the 150 million offered by Madrid and the 500 million release clause set in the player’s contract until 2030. Atlético has no intention of negotiating outside those terms.

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