Showdown talks betwixt Atletico Madrid head Diego Simeone and FC Barcelona target Julian Alvarez person had an important update arsenic reported by Mundo Deportivo and respective different outlets.
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Showdown talks betwixt Atletico Madrid head Diego Simeone and FC Barcelona target Julian Alvarez person had an important update arsenic reported by Mundo Deportivo and respective different outlets.
Monday August 10 was expected to beryllium the time that Alvarez sat down pinch Simeone face-to-face and told him that he wants to subordinate the Catalans.
Alvarez has been connected vacation aft reaching the World Cup last pinch Argentina and Simeone’s boy Giuliano, while Simeone should person returned from a 3-1 friends nonaccomplishment to Alvarez’s erstwhile nine Manchester City successful Seoul.
As it happens, however, Wednesday August 13 is the earliest that the showdown will return place.
Simeone has opted not to return to the Spanish superior yet. Instead, he’s taking a fewer days disconnected earlier getting stuck into what remains of Atleti’s preseason preparations up of a La Liga opener against Malaga connected the 19th.
As a consequence, Julian mightiness person to train arsenic normal pinch the remainder of the first squad group and await Simeone’s presence barring a melodramatic move specified arsenic going connected strike.
Simeone seemed to put Julian’s FC Barcelona dream to bed
Speaking from South Korea astatine the weekend, Simeone indicated that Atletico Madrid will support Alvarez.
“The business is very clear, the entity made a determination that (Atleti CEO) Miguel Angel (Gil Marin) explained very well,” Simeone said, successful a motion to comments Gil Marin had made earlier ruling retired a sale.
“We are very happy pinch Julian, from a sporting constituent of position we will thief him to proceed growing, to proceed improving and to springiness america again what he has fixed america successful these 2 years, which was a lot.
“We person already seen what happened pinch [Antoine] Griezmann, I don’t spot immoderate different measurement than to activity from the sporting broadside arsenic we person to, and effort to thief arsenic we person done these 2 years,” he added, successful what appeared to beryllium a informing not to travel the Frenchman’s steps and perchance replicate his 2019 flop move.
At the World Cup, though, Julian stated that it is his “dream” to don Blaugrana, though he didn’t sanction Barça explicitly.
"I don’t deliberation it’s the clip to talk, but I can’t hide either. I effort to beryllium an honorable person. I said to the group astatine the club, who I had to talk to. I deliberation the champion point for everyone is simply a transportation and I want to fulfill my dream," Alvarez said, pursuing a triumph complete Austria successful North America.
With 3 weeks to spare until the transportation model closes, there’s still plentifulness of clip for Barcelona to get thing complete the statement and bring Julian to Catalonia, however.
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