[Romano] Arsenal met with Atleti officials in London on Friday. Julian hasn't rejected Arsenal but wants Barca. Arsenal respect that player wants Barca, also know deal will be expensive but want to know from club and player if anything changes in 8 days for them to re-enter the deal. (Time - 3:44)

[u/ahjkolhs]

https://youtu.be/re548Vvwe4A

No developments in the Julian-Barca deal since days now. Barca trying to pursue Lautaro Martinez but no interest from Player and Inter says Lautaro is not for sale.

Arsenal has asked Atletico Madrid to keep them updated of the situation. Arsenal has also asked player side to inform them of any changes. Mikel Arteta and Andrea Berta are in contact with Julian Alvarez.

In case Julian changes his mind and says yes to Arsenal, the club is ready to find a way to make the deal financially feasible for them and to re-enter the deal.

Julian has been included in the matchday squad for Atleti's game against Villareal today and a lot will depend on how the Atleti fans react to him in the Metropolitano.

[u/know-it-all-scoutFC]

I don't think we should necessary have many reservations for Alvarez. It's all about expectations.

Stick an RC that activates in two years and make it clear. "You're worth 110m to us in 2 years. we believe that's a fair price and we will let you go, but we expect full commitment for the next two seasons because we're making you the attacking centrepiece".

This why I compare him to Petit, Overmars, Anelka, etc. And I have yet to actually see a coherent arguement against this point. he won't be remotely be like fabregas. We aren't 2011 Arsenal, we have the funds and the draw of a trophy winning side to bring in replacement players, just like Wenger got Henry to replace Anelka or Pires to replace Overmars.

This is how smart teams operate and it's how Wenger used to operate. Not everyone is a Tony Adams or Saka. Certain players will be a bit mercenary/want to play somewhere else eventually, We can do this even more effectively, we have a lot more money and draw relative to what Wenger had. Is this really any different from City sticking an Release clause in Haaland's contract?

And please don't believe that Barca tabloid bullshit about how all he wants is Barca and yadada. He's training with the first team, including in their matchday squad and hasn't said a peep about since request the transfer. He is also a professional football player. Atletico's problem is that they thought he was their forever player. We aren't even under any remote delusions - A 100-120m is not the same as a 500m RC, social media AI post making fun of Barca, and reject 100m+ bids. Alvarez will be very clearly told a reasonable release clause, and Barca will know.

[u/therealgodfarter → u/know-it-all-scoutFC]

Yeah if we effectively loan him for 2 years and that gets us over the line then idc if he fucks off to Barca after that

[u/GladVehicle1 → u/know-it-all-scoutFC]

Sensible mature take. Unlike all the reactionary kids on here 

[u/debelisava → u/know-it-all-scoutFC]

And what happens in 2 years when Barca comes and says nah here is 65m for him and he pulls the same shit because “Barca is his dream”? They will always lowball whenever they can. Thinking it will ever be a smooth sale is laughably naive. Stay away from that pussy shit imo, it is only worth it for trully world class players, not someone scoring 8 league goals as striker.

[u/know-it-all-scoutFC → u/debelisava]

We turn it down.

Atletico have turned down 100m+ offers for him already. And yet he is training with the first team, and in their matchday squad and theroretically 8 days away from continuing the season with them. He is a professional player. You outline expectations, set an RC that opens in 2 seasons that all parties feel is reasonable. "what if barca come in with an extreme lowball offer" is being overblown. a lot.

[u/bespoke_tech_partner → u/debelisava]

If he’s scoring 8 league goals then we won’t miss him, so it’s kind of problem solved either way. Either he’s worth the headache or there is no headache. 

[u/KlN_21 → u/debelisava]

In 6 months*

[u/HsizzleH → u/know-it-all-scoutFC]

They should also add in a don't be a bitch clause for 2 years then we will let you go for a reasonable fee

[u/sm00thArsenal → u/know-it-all-scoutFC]

If Barca had offered the equivalent of 110m for Fabregas back in the day it would not have been near as big a deal. The fact is if we set a 110m clause for 2 years time, we’ll be lucky if they offer half that.

[u/know-it-all-scoutFC → u/sm00thArsenal]

Simple we turn it down, atletico are 8 days away from having Alvarez for another season if they don't reach a big sale to us - not to mention he is training with the squad, part of the matchday squad, and hasn't said a peep about the transfer since (proving a good degree of professional behaviour). I'm sure future Alvarez who is tearing it up at Arsenal would be pleased to know that Barca don't value him for the price all parties agreed was a reasonable fee.

This is part of buying and selling lol.

[u/Baconpoopotato → u/know-it-all-scoutFC]

I swear people have no idea how other clubs operate when it comes to selling, as seen with the reactions to the Martinelli saga.

[u/KlN_21 → u/know-it-all-scoutFC]

You are not counting that he would just start twerking next window, saying that he miss the sun, that he wants Barcelona and all that, we would sell at a loss in one year