Atletico Madrid have responded sarcastically on social media to the growing rumours linking Julian Alvarez with a move to FC Barcelona.
Earlier today, reports emerged claiming that the Blaugrana had made an offer worth €100 million fixed fee to sign the Argentine striker from Atleti.
Through unofficial statements via the media, Los Rojiblancos denied receiving any offer, suggesting that the claims were a lie.
Bizarre behaviour
Taking it a notch higher, Atletico Madrid now issued a statement on their official account on X, claiming that they had sent an offer to Barcelona, referencing journalist Fabrizio Romano’s famous phrase “Here we go” with an image of Lamine Yamal in their jersey.
HERE WE GO! Hemos enviado un fax al @FCBarcelona_es con nuestra oferta de traspaso: 4 entradas para el concierto de Bad Bunny de mañana, una suscripción anual al ABC y una bolsa de pipas. Esperamos ansiosos la respuesta para preparar el ‘announce’. pic.twitter.com/e0J7mPljHa
— Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti) May 29, 2026
“HERE WE GO! We have sent a fax to @FCBarcelona_es with our transfer offer: 4 tickets for tomorrow’s Bad Bunny concert, a yearly subscription to ABC and a bag of sunflower seeds. We are eagerly awaiting the response to prepare the ‘announce’.”
The bizarre behaviour did not stop there as they made another statement, this time with a picture of Pedri and the following ‘offer’:
“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.”
HERE WE GO! Para esta segunda oferta hemos tenido un problema, se nos han terminado las entradas para el concierto de mañana, así que mejoramos la propuesta anterior con 6 para el del domingo. pic.twitter.com/YlAMkP26XG
— Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti) May 29, 2026
At the same time, they took to their official Instagram account to make another post, where they uploaded AI-generated images of Lamine, Pedri, and Raphinha in Atletico Madrid colours with the following caption:
“And remember, it took us just five minutes to create this fake post. We live in an era where reality can be altered. Don’t believe everything you see, especially if it’s related to Barça.”
Tensions high at Atletico
It seems clear that things are not well at Atletico Madrid as they seemingly did not expect Barcelona to go on the offensive in the pursuit of Alvarez.
Tensions seem to be running high at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, leading to this bizarre attempt at mockery.
The situation remains unresolved for now. While Alvarez is open to changing clubs and would prioritise a move to Barcelona, Atletico continue to maintain a firm stance: they will not facilitate his departure unless they receive an offer they consider impossible to refuse.