Barcelona Club continues its attempts to sign Julian Alvarez, the star of Atletico Madrid, despite the deal becoming very complicated, at a time when time is passing quickly.
The last card for the Catalan club was a meeting that brought together Deco, the club's sports director, with Fernando Hidalgo, the Argentine player's agent, in Madrid.
And AS newspaper mentioned that the meeting resulted in a change in the strategy of attempting to transfer the Argentine striker to the Camp Nou fortress, by waiting for Alvarez to make a public move, as he did in the 2026 World Cup, when he publicly demanded in the mixed zone to be allowed to leave.
Now priority will be given to the diplomatic path and dialogue, where Alvarez will join his team's training, and will not make public statements, waiting for the meeting with the coach, then with the team's management, in order to confirm and insist that he wants to leave, and that he will only accept playing for Barca.
Considering the positions taken by both Diego Simeone and Miguel Angel Gil so far, which were firm in rejecting their player's departure, it remains to be seen whether this path will open a door to the possibility of completing the deal.
Here, those concerned will have to assess the risks of keeping in the team's ranks a player who informed them that he wants to leave, and who will remind them of the promise that, according to his agent, they made to him earlier, which is that they will allow him to leave if an interesting offer arrives.
Alvarez believes that Barcelona's offer is in the interest of both parties, which is something the Madrid club does not agree with.
Logically, this dialogue between the player and the club should be accompanied by a significant improvement in the financial offer that Barcelona will present for the Argentine player.
The first offer from Barcelona did not reach 100 million euros, then the club raised its offer until it reached this figure, but now the value of the offer is estimated at around 120 million euros.