The Atlético Madrid Chronicle
Market3 Aug 2026
Julián Álvarez hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Atlético Madrid can pretend not to have heard.
Market3 Aug 2026
Albacete come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Atlético Madrid did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market3 Aug 2026
Jan Oblak wants more than Atlético Madrid are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Alejandro Grimaldo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alejandro Grimaldo commits to Atlético Madrid for another 3 years.
Market3 Aug 2026
Obed Vargas attracts admirers
The name of Obed Vargas has come up in conversations Atlético Madrid were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Julián Álvarez knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Atlético Madrid, and both men came out saying it was fine.