FC Barcelona Has ‘0% Chance Of Signing Julian Alvarez’, Says Atletico

Atletico Madrid has told MARCA that FC Barcelona has "0% chance" of signing its apical target Julian Alvarez successful the existent transportation window.

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Atletico Madrid has told MARCA that FC Barcelona has "0% chance" of signing its apical target Julian Alvarez successful the existent transportation window.

With Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres some departing to the Chicago Fire and Paris Saint-Germain respectively, the Catalans are presently without a earthy number 9 prevention for teenage rookie Hamza Abdelkarim.

Early June saw reports that Alvarez had agreed to subordinate Barca connected a five-year deal, but the 2 La Liga giants person been incapable to finalise thing owed to Atleti’s refusal to beryllium astatine the negotation array pinch the champions.

On Wednesday afternoon, Barca President Joan Laporta utilized the club’s charismatic media channels to speak astir Julian, which is simply a uncommon step.

“We are very willing successful the player. We would for illustration our connection to beryllium accepted, and we do truthful pinch each owed respect toward Atletico Madrid,” Laporta stated.

Atletico Madrid wasted nary clip responding to FC Barcelona

Through MARCA, Atletico said that: “The subordinate is being victimized, but the only unfortunate of the Julian lawsuit is us,” which is possibly a motion to the Argentine being booed earlier and during a location triumph against Villarreal astatine the Metropolitano connected Sunday.

"They person harmed america economically and socially," Atleti insisted, earlier adding: “There is 0% chance of trading him to Barca.”

Atletico Madrid claims that this business “is not astir money, it is astir dignity”.

“A run has been created pinch galore lies and half-truths. The only 1 who pays for this is Atletico,” it past concluded.

Yet still the aforesaid issues remain. Julian intelligibly doesn’t want to play for Atletico, who he joined from Manchester City successful 2024, while the fans evidently don’t want him plying his waste and acquisition astatine their nine immoderate longer aft what we saw astatine the weekend.

With that successful mind, a waste to FC Barcelona is the champion solution for each concerned. Atletico Madrid would person a interest good northbound of $100 million, and doesn’t person to interest astir distractions and its fervent supporters turning the attraction distant from the remainder of the squad arsenic 2026/2027 has hardly had clip to start.