This Friday, according to local time, Barcelona held its 2026 Members' General Assembly, where Laporta explained the negotiations with Atlético Madrid regarding the Álvarez transfer.

Laporta said: "Atlético Madrid felt offended because they cannot justify their actions. We did what we normally do. I called Gil Marín, and he said they won't sell because they have no replacement option. I told him to let us know if they find a replacement. Their reaction was excessive."

"I don't know why. I could speculate on a few things, but I won't say them publicly because I have no proof. We continuously received messages that they wanted to sell everyone except Barcelona, and they admitted that. Eventually, they admitted that we called. All of that is in the past now. We are very satisfied with our current squad, and Flick is also very happy with Deco's excellent work."

Responding to another member delegate, Laporta also took the opportunity to criticize the upcoming international break, saying he would contact UEFA and FIFA to try to resolve the issue: "This international break is ridiculous. Flick told me a few days ago that this international break has four matches, which will wear us down and break our rhythm."

"We've had the World Cup and the European Championship, but now there's also the Nations League. There are too many competitions and matches. The schedule is too congested, and the players will be overloaded. What we want is for our players to win titles with Barcelona. Last year, Raphinha went through this. He was in tremendous form, but due to a series of circumstances, he traveled a lot. Our coaching staff warned him about the risk of injury, and he still got injured."

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