> “On this issue he is acting for his particular circle. He has known for a long time that Julián Álvarez is not going to play for Barça this season,” he told the club’s media.
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> “I know ‘Jan’ enough to think that he is permanently acting for the media, for the fans, for his particular circus and he doesn’t offend me. I have a good personal relationship with him. I spoke personally with him and told him: ‘please, let him be, we don’t want to sell him and we are not going to sell him, stop insisting.’
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> “But he maintains that situation, because in part he likes it, he is frivolous and he loves to maintain this relationship with the fans and with the media, but he knows perfectly well that Julián is not going to play for Barcelona next season. However, he likes to keep that game going with fans and with the media... And the worst, with Julián himself.”