The late attempt to add attacking reinforcements underlines the Catalan club's difficult market position
Atletico Madrid have rejected a loan bid from Barcelona for forward Joao Felix, Goal understands, and have refused to enter negotiations on the eve of the transfer deadline.
The offer was made through agent Jorge Mendes, with the Blaugrana expressing enormous interest in a player they have targetted before.
But Atletico Madrid do not need to sell, and they consider Felix to be the crown jewel of the future of the club and are therefore not thinking of letting go of a player of his talent - even less so 24 hours before the market closes.