{"id":46198,"date":"2026-04-22T13:28:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/arsenal-face-stiff-competition-for-defense-splitting-28-g-a-target\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:28:38","slug":"arsenal-face-stiff-competition-for-defense-splitting-28-g-a-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/arsenal-face-stiff-competition-for-defense-splitting-28-g-a-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal face stiff competition for defense-splitting 28-G\/A target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez is likely to leave Atl\u00e9tico Madrid at the end of this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He has had a great career with the Argentina national team, scoring 19 goals and providing 9 assists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It remains to be seen what the 26-year-old&#8217;s final fate will be, with Arsenal, Barcelona and PSG all showing interest in signing him, according to reports from Spain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Arsenal need a quality striker to lead up front. Victor Goqueres hasn&#8217;t performed well enough, so Alvarez could be an upgrade. In addition to his ability to find the back of the net, he also excels at free kicks and link-up plays. He will help create chances for his teammates. He has experience playing for Manchester City in the Premier League and could make an immediate impact at the north London club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Meanwhile, Barcelona want to sign a quality player for the long term to replace Robert Lewandowski. A South American player could be an ideal acquisition for them. He is at the peak of his career and playing at a high level for Atletico Madrid. He will settle in quickly and will be able to make an immediate impact at Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Meanwhile, PSG are also looking to add more cutting-edge players to their final third. They have good players at their disposal but are looking to develop further. It remains to be seen whether they can convince the 2022 World Cup winner to join the club. He could form a solid partnership with players like Ousmane Dembele and Hvi\u010da Kvaratschelia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, on the other hand, do not want to lose the player so easily and could demand a premiership. It looks like we&#8217;ll be spending a lot of money this summer.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez is likely to leave Atl\u00e9tico Madrid at the end of this season. He has had a great career with the Argentina national team, scoring 19 goals and providing 9 assists. It remains to be seen what the 26-year-old&#8217;s final fate will be, with Arsenal, Barcelona and PSG all showing interest in signing him, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-46198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}