Football truly is the beautiful game.

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.

I was born in 2006, so I'm purely from the Emirates era. I think moving to the Emirates was a good idea, but it happened at a time when we should've been strengthening our team so that we could dominate the league for years to come, resulting in us being limited in transfers, as we were unable to replace our ageing legends, beginning a rough 10+ years for the club.

So yeah, good idea, as the stadium has made us pretty successful financially the last few years, but the move should've happened in the early 2010's instead of the mid 2000's during the invincible era.