Atl\u00e9tico Madrid have officially announced that they plan to lodge a complaint with FIFA regarding Barcelona’s approach to transferring Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez.<\/strong><\/p>\n Bar\u00e7a are accused of negotiating with Alvarez during his contract with Atl\u00e9tico, which the Spanish giants have called a “protection period”.<\/p>\n Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above apple<\/u><\/span> & Google play<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The Argentina international is in high demand after his impressive time in La Liga, so it’s perhaps no surprise that Barcelona are keen on him.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, see below, journalist Fabrizio Romano quotes Atl\u00e9tico CEO Gilles Marin. “Our responsibility is to protect Atl\u00e9tico’s interests and that is why we will file a complaint with FIFA against Barcelona for negotiating with the player under a valid contract during his protection period.”<\/p>\n Want more catchoffside coverage? Add us <\/i><\/b>Google recommended sources<\/span><\/i><\/b> Add trusted news to your favorites list<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n What this means for Alvarez’s future is not yet clear, but today journalist Ihsan Khan also posted about Arsenal’s interest in the former Manchester City forward.<\/p>\n See Khan’s post on X below about how Arsenal have taken a close look at Alvarez and strongly believe he is ideal for Mikel Arteta’s side…<\/p>\n Still, Atl\u00e9tico don’t seem keen on selling their star player, especially to Barcelona.<\/p>\n We’ll have to wait and see what this means for Arsenal, with Alvarez himself apparently keen on a move to Camp Nou if possible.<\/p>\n However, given the fractious relationship between Atl\u00e9tico and Bar\u00e7a, it may be unlikely that an agreement can be reached that would allow Arsenal to return to the race.<\/p>\n The Gunners could have such a world-class striker in their squad, but given that he has not made the team a personal priority, it may be worth considering whether he is the best option.<\/p>\n It’s worth noting that Arsenal signed Victor Gokeres as a major addition last summer, but the jury is still out on the Sweden international and Alvarez feels like an all-rounder who could be the perfect upgrade to take this team closer to Champions League glory.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Atl\u00e9tico Madrid have officially announced that they plan to lodge a complaint with FIFA regarding Barcelona’s approach to transferring Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez. Bar\u00e7a are accused of negotiating with Alvarez during his contract with Atl\u00e9tico, which the Spanish giants have called a “protection period”. Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-49104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49104","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=49104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What does this mean for Julian Alvarez’s move to Arsenal?<\/h2>\n