Real President Florentino Pérez has followed up his big transfer announcement with action. On Tuesday, the Royals officially announced that they had made an offer of 150 million. However, this is not for Bayern star Michael Olise, but for Atlético’s top striker Julián Álvarez. However, the city rival rejected the deal.
Real Madrid failed with an offer of 150 million euros for Atlético star Julián Álvarez. The Royals announced this in an official press release on Tuesday.
“Real Madrid CF announces that after today’s board meeting, an offer of 150 million euros was made to Club Atlético de Madrid for the transfer rights of player Julián Álvarez,” the statement said.
The Royals also wrote: “After review and evaluation, Club Atlético de Madrid has gratefully rejected the offer, which was made within the framework of the good relations between the two clubs, and has referred to the player’s release clause.” According to consistent reports, the exit clause in question is 500 million euros.
FC Bayern can breathe a sigh of relief
The 150 million offer was announced by President Florentino Pérez last week – and caused beads of sweat to break out on FC Bayern’s foreheads in particular. Numerous media outlets reported that Michael Olise would be the object of desire. It is not known whether the clear words from Munich caused Pérez and Co. to change course at short notice. The Bayern bosses had categorically ruled out a transfer of the French high-flyer.
There have been big headlines about Álvarez in recent weeks. However, this is mainly because FC Barcelona is trying to get the Argentine. A public guerrilla war then broke out between the Catalans and the Madrilenians, in which Atlético even publicly mocked the Spanish champions.