{"id":13192,"date":"2026-04-28T10:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/13192\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:57:08","slug":"just-in-barcelona-eye-e75m-rated-chelsea-forward-as-plan-b-if-julian-alvarez-move-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/13192\/","title":{"rendered":"Just in &#8211; Barcelona eye \u20ac75m-rated Chelsea forward as Plan B if Julian Alvarez move fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FC Barcelona have their sights firmly fixed on Atletico Madrid superstar Julian Alvarez heading into the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>The Blaugrana intend to sign a new centre-forward to bolster their attacking unit and <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-ready-to-go-all-in-for-atletico-madrid-megstar-despite-major-roadblocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">see the Argentine international as the ideal target<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, signing the 2022 FIFA World Cup winner will be anything but easy, given Atletico Madrid\u2019s reluctance to sell and the finances that would be involved in any potential deal.<\/p>\n<p>Joao Pedro emerges as an alternative<\/p>\n<p>As such, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/carrusel\/status\/2049066487386710280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sique Rodriguez on Cadena SER<\/a> now claims that Barcelona have identified Chelsea forward Joao Pedro as an alternative option if a move for Alvarez does not materialise.<\/p>\n<p>Pedro, 24, joined Chelsea last summer in a deal worth over \u20ac60 million and has had a solid debut campaign at Stamford Bridge despite the team\u2019s woeful run.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chelsea-v-manchester-city-premier-league-1024x671.jpg\" alt=\"Joao Pedro of Chelsea\" class=\"wp-image-198201\"  \/>Barcelona\u2019s Plan B. (Photo by Ryan Pierse\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>So far, the Brazilian attacker has recorded 19 goals and nine assists from 49 matches across all competitions for the Blues this season.<\/p>\n<p>Within Barcelona, there is a belief that Pedro offers a more affordable profile than Alvarez while providing versatility, creativity, and finishing suited to Hansi Flick\u2019s style.<\/p>\n<p>The striker, who has eight caps for the Brazilian national team, has a contract at Chelsea until 2033.<\/p>\n<p>But considering the way the Premier League club have operated in the market in recent years, a sale cannot be ruled out, especially with a new manager set to take over the team.<\/p>\n<p>For now, <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-showing-serious-interest-in-e75m-rated-chelsea-forward-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pedro is on Barcelona\u2019s radar<\/a>, merely as a backup option, with Alvarez continuing to be the absolute priority for the La Liga champions.<\/p>\n<p>*Player valuation in title obtained from transfermarkt.com on date of publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona have their sights firmly fixed on Atletico Madrid superstar Julian Alvarez heading into the summer transfer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,942,223,3092,674],"class_list":{"0":"post-13192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-barcelona-news","10":"tag-chelsea","11":"tag-fc-barcelona","12":"tag-joao-pedro","13":"tag-julian-alvarez"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}