Atlético de Madrid still refuse interviews with El Club Uría after three years

Nearly three years since it began, the show 'El Club Uría' is still unable to interview Atlético de Madrid players. Rubén Uría explains how he is handling the situation and what has led to it.

For three years, Atlético de Madrid's communications department has refused to grant a single interview to the show 'El Club Uría'. Not first-team players, not the coaching staff, not board members. It is simply not possible. The club does allow the show to obtain accreditation for training sessions and matches, and to ask questions at press conferences. What it does not allow are interviews, which other media outlets do get. Will this ever change?

Rubén Uría says that months ago he contacted Miguel Ángel Gil Marín to ask why nobody at the club could speak to the show. He explained that the channel had been running for two years without being able to interview anyone, and that he found this strange, given that it is a channel devoting three hours a day to Atleti coverage. Gil Marín replied that he would discuss the situation with Rafa Alique, head of the Communications Department, as he claimed to be completely removed from dealings with the media.

A few days later, Uría had a long conversation with Alique. No agreement was reached, but they did conclude that "the situation would be looked into" for the new 2026-27 season. A few days ago, Rubén Uría sounded out the Communications Department again, asking whether they had looked into it, and the answer was the same as it has been for the last three years: "For now, nothing has changed." No interviews.

Uría explained that he does not understand the decision, though he acknowledges the club's right to give interviews to whoever it sees fit. The problem, he said, is that the decision does not harm the show so much as the Atlético supporters who follow it and who deserve to hear from and see the club's protagonists. Uría insists he cannot understand why media outlets that systematically mistreat and disparage Atlético de Madrid are 'rewarded' with interviews, while channels that treat the club with respect and devote three hours of coverage a day to its members and season-ticket holders are shut out.