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Barcelona intend to signal a brand new striker this summer season, particularly now that Robert Lewandowski’s anticipated exit has been confirmed. They wish to herald a big-money quantity 9 to compete alongside Ferran Torres, and for months, their precedence goal has been Atletico Madrid and Argentina star Julian Alvarez.
There was hope inside Can Barca {that a} deal for Alvarez will finally be achieved, even supposing Atleti are enjoying hardball with their prized participant. Nevertheless, confidence has waned in current weeks, which is why they’ve pivoted ahead Chelsea’s Joao Pedro, whom they see as a way more achievable signing.
In line with Sport, Barcelona have moved on to Pedro as a result of they take into account the signing of Alvarez to be “virtually unimaginable”. The primary cause for this Atleti’s stance, which is to demand properly in extra of €100-110m kind for a participant they signed for €95m from Manchester Metropolis two summers in the past.
PSG pursuit makes it much more tough for Barcelona
On high of this, Paris Saint-Germain have just lately entered the bidding for Alvarez, whom they see as being the best addition to their star-studded ahead line. Even within the occasion that the Argentine striker makes it clear he desires to depart throughout the summer season, Barcelona know that the emergence of the Champions League finalists implies that Atleti wouldn’t be pressured to chill out their stance an excessive amount of, given they might have the ability to obtain way more from them in comparison with the Catalans.
This summer season is very large for Barcelona when it comes to including the standard wanted to make a severe push in the direction of Champions League glory. Nevertheless, the actual fact they’re nonetheless hamstrung by monetary issues implies that they can’t function within the switch market at full capability, and as such, they’ll discover it very tough to get their desired targets – as is proving to be the case with Alvarez.
