FC Barcelona is already received 5/5. This season, the Camp Nou residents are undefeated in all competitions. In the league, they won in the first 4 days, in style since they scored 17 goals and only conceded 2. They are already at the top of La Liga. In the Champions League, the Catalans also performed well since they beat Feyenoord last night with a score of 5 to 1. Everything is going well for the Culés, who this summer welcomed Rodri, Anthony Gordon, Karim Adeyemi, Gabriel Jesus, João Cancelo, Dominik Livaković and Jesse Bisiwu. However, they believe that the transfer window was not entirely successful.
Indeed, the Barcelonans pushed all summer to recruit Julian Alvarez. The Argentinian was designated as the ideal recruit to strengthen the offensive sector after the departure of Robert Lewandowski (Chicago), not to mention that of Ferran Torres to PSG. FCB thought they had their chances since the player made it clear that he wanted to leave Atlético de Madrid to join the club of his dreams, namely Barça. But the Colchoneros categorically refused to sell him. They repeatedly said no to several million euros. Ultimately, the Spider stayed in Madrid. For their part, the Culés recruited Gabriel Jesus to complete Flick’s attack.
Deco reveals his truths on this burning issue
This Thursday, Deco provided an update on this issue on RAC-1. “There are things we can’t talk about. We acted correctly. We made an offer of €100 million payable over three years, and we got no response. From there, the media started talking about it. Joan (Laporta) has already explained that he spoke respectfully with them on several occasions, and they told us that they did not want to sell the player. As for the future? We’ll see. There’s a lot of tension in the press, but that’s it. The player was not asked to declare during the World Cup that he wanted to leave Atlético. » He then returned to the accusations from Atlético de Madrid but also to the promise that Gil Marin would have made to the player, namely to grant him an exit voucher in the event of a good season in 2025-26.
But it was not held according to the player. Deco spoke on the subject. “I can’t say anything about possible departure agreements. I can only speak from my own experience. In Porto, Pinto da Costa told me that he wouldn’t let me go to Barça (in 2003), but that he would let me leave after a year. I stayed and played well. I spoke with Mendes, the president, and he told me to go wherever I wanted. Barça paid less than Chelsea. But it was Pinto da Costa, and it’s different. We wanted to sign Julián, and they refused to sell him. It’s not serious, but they can’t say we were disrespectful (…) I have no problem with Mateu Alemany. We played together at Barça. I didn’t speak to him this summer because he didn’t respond to my email. I don’t want to talk about Julián anymore, it’s a finished story.” Despite frosty relations with certain members of the Colchoneros, Barça is already preparing the next move behind the scenes.
Barça will return to the charge from January 1
A few days ago, the Cadena SER revealed that Barça does not intend to abdicate. The Spanish club has kept aside the money planned for his transfer to return to the charge during an upcoming transfer window. A trend that clearly seems to be confirmed. This Thursday, El Chiringuito reveals that it is even planned for this winter. Journalist Jordi Jota, who follows the Catalans, said: “Barça promised Julian Alvarez that on January 1st they will pick him up.” Then he said a little more about the player’s position. “Nothing has changed for Julian Alvarez. He’s a professional, but his desire for January to arrive has not changed.” The 26-year-old striker and Barça are therefore on the same wavelength. Everyone is waiting for January to make him FCB’s first recruit of 2027.
But here again, we will have to fight since Atlético always seems to close the door. Last night, the Argentinian finally played against Liverpool in C1, which was not necessarily initially planned. Diego Simeone explained himself on the subject. “I got up in the morning, talked with him for a while, saw him doing very well and, luckily, I chose him to play because he did what I expected of him (…) Julián played well. He controlled the ball from start to finish. I’m satisfied with it.” Koke was also asked to speak about his teammate. And he seems exasperated by the situation. “We are very tired, especially him. Let’s let him relax and enjoy it a little. Let him do his job, play football.” At least until January. Then, we will have to manage this soap opera again.
