Atlético closes the door to a departure from Julian Alvarez

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By: Manu Tournoux

A few days before the start of the Club World Cup, Atlético de Madrid is busy densifying its workforce, and to secure certain elements which could be considered to be departure. After the extension of Antoine Griezmann yesterday, the president of the Colchoneros Enrique Cerezo spoke on the second key striker of his team, Julian Alvarez.

And the message was clear. “Julián Álvarez is an Atlético de Madrid player and will be an Atlético de Madrid player”was dryly retorted Cerezo to journalists, to kick the rumors around a potential departure from the Argentinian striker to Barcelona. This season, Alvarez has scored 29 goals and gave seven assists in 54 matches in all competitions.