Paris Saint-Germain has work to do. This Friday, Luis Enrique and his troops will fly to Budapest, venue for the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League final. This afternoon at 3:30 p.m., the Asturian coach will appear in front of the press accompanied by two players. One of them will certainly be captain Marquinhos. Then, the Ile-de-France residents will take part in a final training session at the Puskas Arena which they will return to on Saturday afternoon. In parallel with the meeting against Arsenal (Saturday at 6 p.m.), which occupies the minds of the leaders, the Ile-de-France club has not forgotten the transfer market. It’s no secret, since Diego Simeone spilled the beans, Paris is one of the clubs interested in Julian Alvarez along with Arsenal and FC Barcelona.
Julian Alvarez panics the market
The Culés have also decided to take second place on this issue. Yesterday, TyC Sports revealed that the Blaugranas have made a €70m proposal with Ferran Torres included in the package. Information confirmed by other Iberian media, including El Desmarque who announced later today that Barça will offer €100 million for the Spider. But the Catalan team would like to include bonuses to get closer to the €150 million requested by Atlético de Madrid. A club which is not decided to sell its player to the residents of Camp Nou. Last night, a member of the Madrid club assured A.S. :“Julián Alvarez is not for sale. We have had enough of months and months of lies, half-truths or completely made-up stories, like the allegations about buying houses in Barcelona.”
Then he added: “It’s the attitude of a small club. The club has not received any offers for the player, and there have been no meetings.” However, the Spanish press assures that the Alvarez clan met with the Barcelona leaders on Wednesday evening. What is certain is that the Colchoneros do not favor Barça in the event of the sale of their striker. This Friday, the Cadena SER reveals that Atlético does not intend to facilitate the departure of its player. “Atlético does not want to let him go, especially not to a direct rival. The club would prefer him to go to a team outside Spain to get a better price.” PSG therefore has its chances in this particularly complicated matter.
Paris would have made its proposal
In the night, El Chiringuito revealed that the European champions have even already made an offer for the Argentinian. Thus, this offer amounts to €120 million + 2 players. It was made before the Champions League final assures the Spanish media, which adds that the residents of the Parc des Princes offered a salary equivalent to that of Ousmane Dembélé, or around €1.5 million per month. Which may seem surprising when we know that PSG has reduced its salary expenditure in recent years. But El Chiringuito claims Paris is willing to splurge a little for Julian Alvarez, Lucho’s offensive priority. At the same time, the Cadena SER specifies that Atlético de Madrid also made its offer to the Argentine clan.
“Julián has received a contract extension offer, allowing him not only to extend his current contract, but above all to increase his net salary to more than 10 million euros. No player currently earns that much, and this cap was set to prevent anyone from receiving a higher salary. However, Atlético is ready to overtake him for Julián. For the moment, the player has not responded to this proposal, which indicates to Atlético that Julián wishes to leave the club and that his preferred destination is FC Barcelona. The Julian Alvarez soap opera therefore continues on the other side of the Pyrenees but also in France, where PSG would do anything to recruit him.
