dvmikun😁

Atleti fans, I am posing this question very sincerely to any of you willing and able to respond, and I hope we can all have a constructive debate. Everything coming from your circles phrases Barça’s pursuit of Julian as this massive insult - “disrespectful, “lies”, “crossing lines”, but to my knowledge, not once has this notion actually been elaborated on. My question is simple: what lines have been crossed, and how is Barça’s pursuit of Julian any different from every other high profiling signing? If they argument is they went to the player first - that is the vast majority of signings in the modern age. And it would be naive at best, and deceitful at worst, to suggest Atleti (and every other club) doesn’t do, or hasn’t done the same. I’ve also heard “the media” being thrown around. In the suggestion that Julian himself hasn’t been extremely desperate to join, and we’ve manufactured all of this? Because this is a man who, quite literally, went on public record in the middle of the World Cup to refer to it as his dream. Again, what’s the angle? What am I missing? Ultimately, Julian has a contract and your club has the legal right to do as they please. But unless I’m missing something, this outrage over Barça and how they’ve supposedly conducted themselves genuinely makes no sense to me. And again, I would sincerely be happy to re-evaluate and eat my words if you provide me with valid counter arguments elaborating on what lines we’ve crossed. Best, Neal