Atletico mock Barca’s Alvarez move with joke Lamine Yamal bidImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Barcelona want to sign Julian AlvarezByKatie FalkinghamBBC Sport Senior JournalistPublished50 minutes agoBad Bunny tickets, an ABC subscription and a bag of sunflower seeds. In exchange? How about Lamine Yamal.Atletico Madrid aimed a tongue-in-cheek dig at La Liga rivals Barcelona over their “smear campaign” in pursuit of Julian Alvarez.According to BBC Sport columnist Guillem Balague, Barca have opened talks to sign the Argentina forward, with an agreement in place for the 26-year-old.But, as revealed on Thursday, Atletico are likely to turn down the 90m euros (£77.9m) Barca are expected to offer – and so the Madrid club’s barrage of social media posts on Friday evening proved.
First, they laid out their proposal for 18-year-old Spain star Lamine Yamal.
“We have sent a fax to FC Barcelona with our transfer offer: 4 tickets for tomorrow’s Bad Bunny concert, an annual subscription to ABC, and a bag of sunflower seeds. We eagerly await the response to prepare the ‘announce’,” they wrote.
