Atletico Madrid have accused Barcelona of working a “smear campaign” and “fake news” over their makes an attempt to signal Julian Alvarez.
Barcelona accomplished the £69m signing of Antony Gordon on Friday and have been linked with a big-money transfer for Argentine striker Alvarez.
Atletico insist the 26-year-old is just not on the market and worth him as excessive as £130m.
The membership responded to social media posts about an imminent Barcelona bid for Alvarez by mocking up parody posts of Barcelona stars Lamine Yamal, Pedri and Raphinha in Atletico shirts.
The posts additionally included joke bids for every participant, together with the supply of Unhealthy Bunny live performance tickets, an annual subscription and bag of sunflower seeds for Yamal.
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Alongside an image of former Leeds winger Raphinha of their shirt, Atletico included the caption: “Don’t believe everything you see, especially if it’s related to Barca.”
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“Finally, we want to take this opportunity to categorically deny that we have made an offer to the sporting director of FC Barcelona to join our scouting team in the Brazilian market,” one other publish mentioned, in reference to Barcelona’s sporting director Deco.
“No, Atlético de Madrid would never do something like that. However, in recent months, we’ve been suffering a smear campaign against one of our players.
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“Leaked information with ulterior motives, ‘fake news,’ constant disrespect, the culé (Barcelona) version of the propaganda machine inventing little stories, calls before direct matchups.”
Barcelona declined to remark when approached by Sky Sports activities Information. The Spanish FA has additionally been approached for remark.
Alvarez has scored 20 objectives in all competitions in 49 video games this season.
