{"id":564,"date":"2026-09-01T14:18:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=564"},"modified":"2026-09-01T14:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:18:03","slug":"saga-finally-over-julian-alvarez-makes-final-atletico-madrid-transfer-decision-after-arsenal-and-barcelona-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=564","title":{"rendered":"Saga finally OVER! Julian Alvarez makes final Atletico Madrid transfer decision after Arsenal and Barcelona interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p><span>The forward made his feelings crystal clear earlier this summer, openly expressing his desire to link up with Hansi Flick\u2019s side. &#8220;The best thing for everyone is a transfer; I want to fulfill my dream,&#8221; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/julian-alvarez-wants-a-transfer-atletico-madrid-star-says-sale-best-for-everyone-desperate-plea-dream-barcelona-move\/blt6c49f1eb33f024a4\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>Alvarez admitted during the 2026 World Cup<\/span><\/a><span>, signalling his intent to manufacture a move.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Atleti, however, adopted an uncompromising stance. The club&#8217;s social media accounts openly mocked the situation, jokingly suggesting they could sign Lamine Yamal, Pedri, or Raphinha in response to the Catalan side&#8217;s reported interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Atletico CEO Miguel Angel Gil Marin delivered a definitive verdict on the saga, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/atletico-madrid-barcelona-julian-alvarez-transfer\/blt552906ac63623da6\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>completely ruling out a domestic switch<\/span><\/a><span>. &#8220;Our intention, and my personal dream, is for him to stay with us, to stay at Atletico,&#8221; Mar\u00edn stated. &#8220;To compete among the greats, you need great players, and Julian is one of them.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He firmly shut the door on any potential negotiations with their La Liga rivals, adding: &#8220;If he believes it&#8217;s incompatible to be at Atletico Madrid, we&#8217;ll look for an alternative, but it will never, ever be Barcelona.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The forward made his feelings crystal clear earlier this summer, openly expressing his desire to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laliga"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2291706200-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}