Although we believe Alexander Sørloth is equal to Juilan Alvarez in the deliveries as a striker at Atletico Madrid, they represent two very different types of players. Alvarez is the technician and finisher Barcelona have put at the top of their wish list. Arsenal have been a bit on the sidelines, where the Argentine wants to go to Barcelona, but if this does not happen, the opportunity opens up for the Gunners. Now it is guaranteed that Barcelona will not secure Alvarez.
“The members of Atlético Madrid’s board of directors have unanimously expressed their full support for the club’s decision not to negotiate the sale of Julián Álvarez to FC Barcelona. It is now blunt in a statement on the club’s website on Thursday.
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On Friday, transfer journalist Romano gave a description of the situation, where Arsenal have been waiting for “closed Atletico door for Barcelona”
-Arsenal told those who were close to the deal … in case Julian decides to open the doors to Arsenal and English football. Julian does not reject Arsenal. Julian just wants to go to Barcelona. So that’s the reality. It’s not about Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Bayern and PSG. Julian wants to go to Barcelona and this is still the player’s position, but Arsenal, after the contact they had with Atletico Madrid on Friday in London, wanted to be informed by the player side in case something changed. So Arsenal’s message is: ‘Okay, we respect that the player is very expensive, but financially you can still try to find a solution. We respect that the player wants to go to Barcelona,” but in case Julian changes his mind in the next eight days and says, “Okay, I’m going to Arsenal.” In that case, Arsenal want to get the information in order to re-enter the deal. So keep an eye on this situation,” Romano said on his YouTube channel.
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Arsenal are ready. Alvarez is ready for Arsenal, if Barcelona becomes impossible. Now Barcelona is impossible. To us, it sounds like Arsenal are pulling up what it takes and bringing the Argentine to the Emirates.
We have seen what an attacking force Alvarez was in the City shirt in the Premier League. This could be the one reinforcement that makes Martin Ødegaard’s Arsenal an even bigger favorite to take the PL title.
