According to Sport, former Barcelona board member Toni Freixa stated that Alvarez's release clause is fundamentally invalid due to the excessive disparity between the amount, salary, and market value.

Alvarez returned to Atletico Madrid's pre-season training this Monday, but there has been no progress on his plan to transfer to Barcelona.

However, AS revealed that when Julian meets with Atletico Madrid's management, the club's stance will not soften in the slightest. According to the report, when the forward asks the club to discuss a transfer with Barcelona, the response will be: "Apologize first, then go to training." Currently, Atletico Madrid's tough stance makes this deal extremely complicated.

In this context, Miguel Galán cited a precedent that could allow Alvarez to leave the Metropolitano Stadium through legal means. This is the "Zubieta case": in 2005, Ibán Zubiaurre bought out his contract with Real Sociedad for 500,000 euros and then joined Athletic Bilbao as a free agent. Real Sociedad argued that the contract clauses allowed them to unilaterally renew the contract and increase the release clause to 30 million euros, and subsequently took the matter to court. The Social Court No. 1 of San Sebastián ruled that the 30 million euro clause was too harsh and disproportionate, reducing the compensation to 5 million euros. The Spanish Supreme Court subsequently upheld this compensation ruling.

The case dragged on until 2008, preventing Zubiaurre from playing for over a year. Miguel Galán believes that this precedent "proves that if a release clause is too unbalanced and restricts professional freedom, social courts can judicially review it." Galán, a Spanish sports law expert and president of CENAFE, stated on social media: "Everyone can draw their own conclusions."

Toni Freixa, former Barcelona board member and presidential candidate, also held the same view on the same social media platform. He stated: "Julian's release clause is fundamentally invalid due to the excessive disparity between the amount, salary, and market value, constituting a circumvention of the law. Any social court would rule this way. If Julian wants to pursue this, he will win big."

The "noise" surrounding Julian's future continues. Despite the player making his intentions very clear and Barcelona being willing to pay a huge financial cost to sign him, Atletico Madrid still has no intention of backing down. The next few days will be crucial and lively.

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