Atlético Madrid had “no way to justify” their intentionally stubborn approach to the Julián Alvarez transfer saga this summer, Barcelona president Joan Laporta has claimed.
Reports of a bid worth €100 million ($116 million) surfaced towards the end of May and ignited a prickly feud between the two teams at Atlético did their best to resist Barcelona’s efforts to land the Argentine’s signature, even rebuffing Alvarez’s own public plea to leave the club.
