{"id":68724,"date":"2026-08-10T17:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/68724\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T17:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:06:21","slug":"plan-b-barcelona-return-to-an-old-attacking-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/68724\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan B: Barcelona return to an old attacking target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona have identified Argentine striker Julian Alvarez (26) as their main target to strengthen their attack, although negotiations with Atletico Madrid do not appear straightforward.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20260810\/1004214890\/desmarque-lautaro-martinez-plan-b-barca.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">According to the Spanish newspaper &#8220;Mundo Deportivo&#8221;<\/a>, the Catalan club consider Alvarez the ideal option to lead their attack for years to come. The player&#8217;s contractual situation and Atletico Madrid&#8217;s financial demands, though, are forcing Barcelona to weigh up different scenarios. Enter Lautaro Martinez (28), a strong alternative who has the admiration of Deco and coach Hansi Flick.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Inter striker is the fallback plan should the Catalans fail to complete the Alvarez deal.\n<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona know Lautaro well. The Argentine has been on their radar before, and his name has cropped up in the club&#8217;s plans more than once.\n<\/p>\n<p>His style suits their needs perfectly. Here is a forward who links play between the lines and joins the build-up, yet still offers a powerful presence and clinical finishing inside the box.\n<\/p>\n<p>The board, and Flick in particular, rank a top-class striker as their top priority, with Alvarez still heading the list of options.\n<\/p>\n<p>Should obstacles derail the pursuit of the Atletico Madrid man, Lautaro remains a safe bet. On that basis Barcelona keep working through multiple scenarios as the window rolls on, hoping to land the new leader of their attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona have identified Argentine striker Julian Alvarez (26) as their main target to strengthen their attack, although negotiations&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[179,92,2009,6458,27031,85,265],"class_list":["post-68724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-barcelona","tag-inter","tag-j-alvarez","tag-l-martinez","tag-laliga","tag-transfers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68724","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=68724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}