Arsenal have been interested in Julian Alvarez behind the scenes this summer, with Sky Sports’ Dharmesh Sheth explaining how the Gunners could make a move for the Atletico Madrid striker.<\/strong><\/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 Atl\u00e9tico have publicly stated that Alvarez is not for sale, but the Gunners appear to be lurking in case a major development is made with the Argentina international.<\/p>\n Sheth explains that at some point Alvarez himself may ask for permission to leave, in which case Atletico may favor a sale to Arsenal rather than La Liga rivals Barcelona, \u200b\u200bso read below for more details…<\/p>\n For now, Atl\u00e9tico seem absolutely determined to keep Alvarez, with no clear indication yet that the player himself is pushing for a move.<\/p>\n Alvarez is currently participating in the World Cup with Argentina, so his focus will undoubtedly be on this weekend’s final against Spain rather than activity in the transfer market.<\/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 It makes sense for Barcelona to pursue Alvarez, as the 26-year-old was a prolific goalscorer during his time in Spain and would be an ideal long-term replacement for departing veteran striker Robert Lewandowski.<\/p>\n Alvarez scored 49 goals in 106 appearances in his two seasons at Atl\u00e9tico, so he could take his game to an even higher level at clubs like Bar\u00e7a or Arsenal.<\/p>\n It would be quite a statement if Arsenal could sign him as an upgrade over the slightly less convincing Victor Gokeres, but he has a \u00a3500m release clause so it would obviously be very expensive.<\/p>\n The AFC will obviously try to negotiate to lower it, but Atl\u00e9tico don’t seem to be willing to negotiate with anyone at the moment.<\/p>\n Unless Alvarez makes it clear that he wants to leave, this story doesn’t seem to get particularly interesting.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Julian Alvarez celebrates Argentina’s goal (Photo by Carl Recine\/Getty Images) Arsenal have been interested in Julian Alvarez behind the scenes this summer, with Sky Sports’ Dharmesh Sheth explaining how the Gunners could make a move for the Atletico Madrid striker. Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-50284","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\/50284","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=50284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Do Arsenal have a chance in the Julian Alvarez transfer race?<\/h2>\n