{"id":74291,"date":"2026-08-22T18:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T18:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/74291\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T18:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T18:29:10","slug":"diego-simeone-clears-the-air-amid-julian-alvarezs-tense-atletico-madrid-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/74291\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego Simeone clears the air amid Julian Alvarez’s tense Atletico Madrid situation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diego Simeone returned to face reporters and moved to clarify his previous comments after being accused of tacitly backing the hostile treatment Julian Alvarez<\/a> has received from a section of Atletico Madrid\u2019s fanbase.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to finish the sentence I started at the last press conference, where I said I respected the fans. That\u2019s absolute, it\u2019s always been that way, but obviously I don\u2019t support insults or abuse. Let that be clear. Any word right now, when people are waiting for that kind of division, can generate conflict and uncertainty,\u201d Simeone<\/a> said during a press conference.<\/p>\n

The controversy traces back to Atletico\u2019s LaLiga opener against Malaga, when Alvarez wasn\u2019t included in the squad<\/a>, due to not being fully fit physically, and didn\u2019t attend the match to support his teammates.<\/p>\n

A section of supporters responded with chants<\/a> directed at the absent forward during the 2-0 win, and Simeone\u2019s initial response, saying only that he respected the fans, was widely interpreted as siding with them rather than defending his player.<\/p>\n

Before wrapping up, Simeone confirmed Alvarez will be included in the squad for Sunday\u2019s match against Villarreal. \u201cYes, he\u2019s going to be in the squad. He\u2019s in better shape physically,\u201d the coach said, setting up what could be Alvarez\u2019s first minutes since the World Cup amid all the surrounding controversy.<\/p>\n

\"Cristian<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

Cristian Romero backs Julian Alvarez amid Atletico Madrid fan tension: \u2018I see him very well\u2019<\/p>\n

<\/a>Simeone reaffirms Atletico\u2019s stance on Alvarez\u2019s future<\/p>\n

The Argentine coach also reaffirmed the club\u2019s stance on Alvarez\u2019s future, aligning himself with comments made by club official Miguel \u00c1ngel Gil Mar\u00edn. \u201cThe uncertainties aren\u2019t there. Miguel \u00c1ngel spoke clearly. For me, he\u2019s an extremely important player for us to reach our sporting objectives. We\u2019re going to be with him, we\u2019re going to take care of him from a sporting standpoint. Why? Because he\u2019s our player. As long as he\u2019s at Atletico, I\u2019m going to take care of him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The comments leave little doubt that, at least publicly, Atletico<\/a>\u2018s hierarchy is presenting a united front on Alvarez\u2019s situation, coach and club officials alike insisting he remains central to their plans regardless of how the transfer saga with Barcelona has played out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diego Simeone returned to face reporters and moved to clarify his previous comments after being accused of tacitly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[179,1455,674,82],"class_list":["post-74291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-diego-simeone","tag-julian-alvarez","tag-madrid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}