Gerard Piqué on the €150M Real Madrid bid on Julián Álvarez and Atletico Madrid response: “The whole Julian Alvarez situation is a fucking disgrace for Spanish football. Florentino Pérez has turned the transfer market into his personal circus. He’s thrown out a €150 million bid for Julián Álvarez knowing damn well Atlético would never sell their star to their biggest rival for anything less than the release clause. And for what? Real Madrid don’t need another striker at all. They’ve got Mbappé, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Endrick… another number 9? Please. This was never a real signing. It was pure sabotage to inflate the price, fuck Barcelona’s deal, and play the hero in front of his socios right after getting re-elected. Straight-up manipulation of the market. It should be investigated, because this smells like mafia shit, not football. And nobody in Barcelona should be sleeping on this. Lewandowski is leaving and we are in need of a replacement fast, yes, but there are better, cheaper, and hungrier strikers out there. Life goes on without Álvarez. This little stunt just proves Madrid are terrified of us strengthening properly. Let them tremble. The plan is still alive and we’re going to come back stronger. Pérez can keep playing his tired old games… real football is played on the pitch.”
