{"id":652171,"date":"2026-08-23T12:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/652171\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:19:10","slug":"arsenal-julian-alvarez-swoop-ignites-as-major-first-team-star-offered-in-swap-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/652171\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal: Julian Alvarez swoop ignites as major first-team star offered in swap proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal<\/a> are reportedly ready to offer Viktor Gyokeres in a swap proposal to sign top striker target Julian Alvarez from Atletico Madrid during the remaining days of the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta remains on the hunt for a new No.9 before the window shuts, with Alvarez still his top target, while links to Galatasaray forward Victor Osimhen also remain.<\/p>\n

Despite Viktor Gyokeres scoring 21 times in all competitions last season, Arsenal<\/strong><\/a> still feel they need an upgrade to take them one step further in the Champions League, not to mention the defence of their Premier League crown.<\/p>\n

While Alvarez<\/strong><\/a> has made it clear that Barcelona remains his favoured next destination, Atletico are not keen on selling to their LaLiga rivals, who may not have the funds for a \u00a3100m-plus signing anyway due to their ongoing financial constraints.<\/p>\n

READ: Juventus reach decision on selling Kenan Yildiz to Arsenal for \u20ac100m<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

That leaves the door open for an Arsenal raid for the former Manchester City star, with transfer reporter Fabrizio Romano recently revealing that talks over a potential deal have taken place in London<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

And it appears things may have ramped up a level on that front, with a report from Spanish outlet Diario Sport stating that the reigning Premier League champions have put a swap proposal on the table involving Gyokeres<\/strong><\/a> in their efforts to snare Alvarez.<\/p>\n

According to the report, Arsenal are willing to part ways with the Sweden international just one season after he joined from Sporting in a deal worth \u00a355million.<\/p>\n

The report suggests that the Gunners are willing to offer a \u00a368.5million plus Gyokeres to secure Alvarez, with the \u2018player\u2019s head said to have turned towards Emirates Stadium\u2019, given Atletico\u2019s reluctance to sell Barcelona, even if that could find the funds.<\/p>\n

Financial details would not be a problem for either party, with Alvarez expected to double his wages if a deal is agreed.<\/p>\n

Alvarez the final piece of Arteta\u2019s Arsenal jigsaw<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following Arsenal\u2019s convincing 3-0 win over Coveentry in their Premier League opener on Friday night, Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville commented on the impact Alvarez could have on an already thriving Arteta side.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe think that Alvarez wants to go to Barcelona, but if Arsenal could get Alvarez somehow that is going to light this place up, because then you have a world class striker to go with all the other world class defenders and midfield players.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019d become not just Premier League title winners, but you\u2019re then thinking that they can go that extra step and win the Champions League as well.<\/p>\n

READ NEXT: Ian Wright slams classless Arsenal for mistreatment of \u2018big moments\u2019 player \u2013 \u2018makes me uncomfortable\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHe does need that little bit of magic up front that when you don\u2019t play well they\u2019ll go and win a big game for you.<\/p>\n

\u201cHas he got enough of that? I\u2019m not sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arsenal are back in Premier League action on August 31 when they head to Aston Villa, with Ezri Konsa in line to take on his old club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal are reportedly ready to offer Viktor Gyokeres in a swap proposal to sign top striker target Julian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[2725,9,10,18,13,14,793,6,19,17,54520,11,12,15,16,5,795,4335,7,8,5927],"class_list":["post-652171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-arsenal","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-front-page","tag-headlines","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-julian-alvarez","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-soccer","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-viktor-gyokeres"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117144791812079240","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}