{"id":5641,"date":"2026-09-25T06:13:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=5641"},"modified":"2026-09-25T06:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:13:17","slug":"deco-barcelona-have-moved-on-from-julian-alvarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=5641","title":{"rendered":"Deco: \u2018Barcelona have moved on from Julian Alvarez\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/barcelona-5\">Barcelona<\/a> sporting director Deco believes their failed pursuit of Atletico Madrid striker <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/player\/julian-alvarez-266511\">Julian Alvarez<\/a> is now behind them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Barcelona wanted Alvarez to replace Robert Lewandowski as their long-term No.9. However, Atletico had no intention of selling the Argentine to a direct <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/competition\/laliga-10\/fixtures\">La Liga<\/a> rival.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Speaking at the Portugal Football Summit in Oeiras, Deco confirmed Barcelona made an offer for the 26-year-old before accepting that a deal would not happen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cJulian\u2019s situation has nothing to do with Raphinha\u2019s,\u201d Deco said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20260924\/1004230883\/deco-julian-pasado-mirar-delante.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Mundo Deportivo<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe idea was always to bring in a mobile No.9, with the ability to link up with teammates, and Julian was one of those players.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t possible; we made an offer. The club has always said they wouldn\u2019t sell him, and we\u2019ve had to look for other solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Barcelona eventually turned their attention elsewhere, with <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/player\/gabriel-jesus-120471\">Gabriel Jesus<\/a> emerging as the solution to their search for a more mobile forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Deco added: \u201cThe story with Julian is in the past. We have to look ahead. We\u2019re happy with everything else. I hope he\u2019s doing well too, helping his club.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The transfer saga grew tense after Alvarez made his desire to move to Barcelona clear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Atletico chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin also criticised how the situation was handled, with Alvarez subsequently facing a difficult reception from sections of the club\u2019s support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The striker scored 20 goals last season after netting 29 times during his debut campaign following his move from Manchester City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>However, he has yet to start a La Liga match this term, although he impressed during Atletico\u2019s Champions League opener against Liverpool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He is reportedly considering joining Javier Pastore\u2019s agency. The former Paris Saint-Germain playmaker helped push Enzo Fernandez to Manchester City from Chelsea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/news\/deco-barcelona-have-moved-on-from-julian-alvarez-43516897\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona sporting director Deco believes their failed pursuit of Atletico Madrid striker Julian Alvarez is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5642,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2Fv22Fphotobooth2Fcms2Fen2F435168973Fdate2026-09-25.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5641","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=5641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}