Arsenal maintain talks over blockbuster Julian Alvarez transfer as Atletico Madrid title their worth
Arsenal have held exploratory talks over Atletico Madrid striker Julian Alvarez, talkSPORT understands.
Atleti might be ready to promote former Manchester Metropolis star Alvarez, who received the treble with Pep Guardiola‘s facet, for €100million (£86.8m).
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Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta has shut hyperlinks with World Cup winner Alvarez having negotiated his transfer from Metropolis to Atletico.
Barcelona are additionally very occupied with signing Argentine worldwide Alvarez and sources counsel they’re seen as favourites.
The 25-year-old has four-and-a-half years left on his deal within the Spanish capital following his 2024 arrival.
Alvarez has since scored 40 objectives in 85 appearances for Diego Simeone’s facet.
In the meantime, he discovered the web 20 occasions in 67 Premier League outings throughout his time at Metropolis.
As for Arsenal’s present centre-forward choices, Viktor Gyokeres and Gabriel Jesus have scored a mixed six league objectives this time period, whereas Kai Havertz has barely featured as a consequence of damage.
The Gunners are favourites to win the Premier League title this season, seven factors clear with 16 matches to go, and stay very a lot in competition on all 4 trophy fronts.
Mikel Arteta’s facet are already by way of to the final 16 of the Champions League and are assured a high two end within the league section.
Additionally they maintain a 3-2 lead over Chelsea heading into the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final in addition to safely progressing to the fourth spherical of the FA Cup.
Arsenal haven’t received a serious trophy since lifting the FA Cup in 2020, while it has been 22 years since their final league title.
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Arsenal’s switch plans
Arteta hinted the Gunners might be lively within the January switch window final month.
The Spaniard admitted the membership have been ‘actively wanting’ at potential arrivals within the winter.
Talking in December, he instructed reporters: “The window is there and I imply we’re Arsenal and we now have to be it, ‘Okay, what do we’d like?’
“And we now have to be actively wanting after which, whether or not we will do it or not, that is a distinct story.
“However our job is to at all times be very ready as a result of one thing can occur, so hopefully it will be very constructive.
“If you look throughout the opposite golf equipment, they’ve 24 or 25 squad gamers.
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“Though we now have had extra accidents than anticipated, a few of them not avoidable, we wish to be higher and we all know how essential the a part of having the best availability with gamers goes to be this season.”
Arteta has been pressured to take care of a number of damage complications all through the primary half of the season.
Defenders Riccardo Calafiori and Piero Hincapie have each confronted spells on the sidelines in current weeks.
In the meantime, teenager Max Dowman has been dominated out till February with an ankle situation.
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