🚨🇪🇸 Miguel Ángel Ortiz, referee in the Madrid derby:
🗣️ “Real Madrid players need to grow up and take responsibility for their loss. The job of an official is very difficult. 👀
🗣️ “I didn’t see the tackle on Valverde. It was VAR’s responsibility to make me aware of it, but they didn’t do that.
🗣️ “Yet the Real Madrid pages and their official TV channel are targeting me for it. I’m used to it, and I won’t feel any pressure from these media tantrums affecting my officiating.
🗣️ “I am always unbiased.” ⚖️
🚨🎙️ Roy Keane on the tense situation between Julián Álvarez, Atlético Madrid and the fans
🗣️"Are we supposed to sympathize with him for sitting there sulking because the fans are giving him a hard time. Do you think he’s the first superstar to get booed by his own crowd? Nonsense. Look at La Liga history—Cristiano Ronaldo got whistled at the Bernabéu. Gareth Bale got stick. Antoine Griezmann had the entire Metropolitano turning on him. Top players get booed when the fans feel you’re not committed. End of story.
You don't go around letting a transfer saga ruin your career. Atlético Madrid shelled out nearly €100 million for him. They gave him the main stage, the spotlight, and the platform away from Manchester City where he was living in Haaland's shadow. Have some respect for the football club that broke the bank for you, put the shirt on, and do your job.
What he needs to do now isn't talking to agents or crying to the media. You step onto that pitch, you put your head down, and you remind those 70,000 people exactly what you’re capable of. You show them the talent, the hunger, and the World Cup-winning quality.
Because let me tell you the reality of modern football: if he forces a move to Arsenal or Barcelona right now, the pressure doesn't disappear. The second he has two bad games or misses a big chance, the media will tear into him, the story will follow him, and he’ll be in the exact same spot. Stop worrying about what's next. Go out there, prove yourself on the grass, win the fans back, and earn your keep."
🚨 Antoine Griezmann has reportedly told Julián Álvarez not to force a move to Barcelona.
He advised Julián not to make the same mistake he once made:
“Stay at Atlético, say sorry to the fans and become a club legend.”
🥹🇰🇷🇺🇾 Kang-in Lee: "Celebration with Josema Gimenez? He told me I was going to come on and score, so I wanted to go over and thank him for believing in me."