According to Sport, Barcelona has not given up on signing Atletico Madrid forward Alvarez, with sporting director Deco traveling to Madrid to meet with the player's agent.
Barcelona has been pursuing Alvarez's transfer in recent weeks, as he is the Catalan club's top target to strengthen its attack.
The 2022 World Cup winner quickly became one of La Liga's most sought-after forwards after joining Atletico Madrid from Manchester City, making him a priority signing for Barcelona.
However, Atletico Madrid's stance remains firm, with the club unwilling to part with a player Simeone considers integral to the team.
Despite the challenging situation, Barcelona has continued working behind the scenes to find a solution.
According to Catalan media, Barcelona's sporting director Deco and his deputy Joao Amaral will meet with Alvarez's agent Fernando Hidalgo in a confidential meeting.
This meeting signals Barcelona's intent to maintain contact and remain ready to act when an opportunity emerges.
Sport reports that the meeting represents a new step in a strategy developed by Barcelona's hierarchy over several months, as the club continues to view the forward as an absolute priority.
However, the Madrid meeting should not be interpreted as an imminent agreement or finalized transfer.
Sport states that discussions will focus on clarifying next steps and assessing how to advance this extremely complex deal.
Barcelona hopes to understand the player's position and that of his representatives while preparing different scenarios to counter Atletico Madrid's firm stance.
Barcelona's hierarchy believes the player's willingness to join Camp Nou could prove significant, but they recognize this alone is insufficient to bring Atletico Madrid to the negotiating table, given the club's reluctance to lose one of its key players.
The meeting also aims to strengthen the strategic relationship between Barcelona and Alvarez's team. Barcelona wants to maintain close ties with Fernando Hidalgo to respond swiftly if circumstances change.
The goal is to develop a plan to persuade Atletico Madrid or capitalize on potential developments in the coming months.
President Laporta and Deco understand this path is fraught with obstacles, particularly given the complex dynamics between the two clubs, but they believe closing the door entirely is too risky. As long as an opportunity exists, Barcelona will proceed carefully to complete this significant transfer.
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vuaabdipu
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Meaningless meeting Julian Alvarez ain't leaving Madrid for a side that doesn't have proper defenders and a decent squad depth
oluwagoddy
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Rodri+Alvarez=UCL+Laliga
AzuhDante
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Bouddy
Binlause
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still don't understand why barca are going this hard for this average player. literally so overrated and overpriced.
Still this average player knocked your Barcelona team out of the champions league
Teslnoprtz
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yebilmnptz
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I had rather barca sign kroupi for €100-120m than alvarez for €150m, it hadly atletico accept €150m from barca given the transfer market value him at €120m after the world cup, meaning any offer coming will be ranging from €120m upward and the guy doesn’t worth €150m because he’s not haaland or mbaffe, barca wake up this is gamble. Invest in kroupi he’s just another mbaffe in the making and ge has all the qualities alvarez posses plus he’s better than alvarez when operating from both left and right wing, more especially his one on one skills is far better than that of alvarez, not to mention he will be a good linkup of centre forward for many years if barca sign and retain him unlike alvarez who will be feature for not more than 4/5 years, in addition barca have advantage to benefit from selling kroupi when his market value rises unlike alvarez no matter how good he become in the next 3/4 yrs his market will significantly drop to the core and dont be suprise if you see it from €40-60m, and kroupi has the potential to developed and feature among barca talented promising young players like yamal, bernal, cubarci, xavi espert, bisiwu, tunkara, orean goren, hamza abdulkareem and josue caicedo due to his young age, unlike alvarez even if injury don’t interrupt his carrier in the next 4/5 years barca likely have to start looking for another successor when they sign him
coebeklmp
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still don't understand why barca are going this hard for this average player. literally so overrated and overpriced.
will you play that position for us
Fauzsmail
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still don't understand why barca are going this hard for this average player. literally so overrated and overpriced.
every soon you will know why
youtubebarcafamilytv
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still don't understand why barca are going this hard for this average player. literally so overrated and overpriced.