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Atleti concluded their comments with two other, more serious, points.
“Remember, it only took us five minutes to create this fake post. We live in an age where reality can be changed. Don’t believe what you see, especially if it’s related to Barca.”
In a further post, the club added: “In recent months, we have suffered a smear campaign against one of our players.
“Additional motives, ‘fake news’, leaks of information with constant discredit, coolie version of short story invention propaganda machine, calls before live match-ups.
“But of course, it wouldn’t occur to us to put the vice-president of referees on our payroll or resort to political expediency to register players. Respect and values.”
It referred to an alleged payment by Barcelona to José María Enriquez Negreira, the former vice-president of Spain’s referee committee. That investigation is ongoing and Los Cules has denied any wrongdoing.
This is not the first time the two clubs have clashed over a player.
In 2019, Atleti accused Barca of disrespect In their bid to sign Antoine Griezmann.
The French forward moved to the Nou Camp but rejoined Diego Simeone’s side two years later – initially on loan. The 35-year-old is set to join Major League Soccer team Orlando City this summer.
Alvarez, who has scored 20 goals in all competitions this season, joined Atleti in 2024 from Manchester City in a deal worth up to £81.5m.
