MADRID (SPAIN) (ITALPRESS) – His contract is more than secure, given that it expires in 2030 and has a €500 million release clause, yet Julian Alvarez doesn’t seem so sure he wants to remain at Atlético Madrid. According to “Marca,” before joining the Argentina national team ahead of the World Cup, the striker reportedly let the club’s management know that he didn’t want to sign the contract renewal proposal presented to him a few months ago, which would allow him to become, at €10 million per season, the highest paid player in the squad.
Alvarez, in fact, would like to take on a more ambitious project, and he has Barcelona in his mind: for the player, the Blaugrana club would give him a better chance of competing for trophies than Atlético. Not even the excellent relationship with Simeone would seem to be able to push Alvarez to reconsider, but in any case the Colchoneros, strong in their existing contract, are ready to put up a wall: if there is a sale, they will have to show up at the Metropolitano with a check for at least 150 million euros. It’s an offer that the Blaugrana would be unlikely to pull off unless they bring in significant insiders (Ferran Torres is popular with Atlético) to try to reduce the cash component.
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