Overview
- Sporting director Mateu Alemany said Álvarez is very happy at Atlético, has four years left on his deal and that the club even hopes to extend it.
- Multiple outlets report Atlético have decided they will not sell the striker to Barcelona and would only consider a transfer abroad for a very large fee.
- Reports cited figures near €150m as the level that could prompt discussions, far above Barcelona’s roughly €100m forward budget and well below Álvarez’s €500m release clause.
- Álvarez recently declined to guarantee he will stay next season, a comment that intensified interest but which Diego Simeone and Alemany downplayed.
- Arsenal and Chelsea have been linked with talks and PSG are weighing a move, with London and Paris viewed in reports as more realistic destinations than Barcelona under current conditions.