{"id":77849,"date":"2026-08-30T11:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/77849\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T11:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:49:13","slug":"barcelona-target-julian-alvarez-accepts-his-fate-and-returns-to-atletico-madrid-group-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/77849\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona target Julian Alvarez accepts his fate and returns to Atletico Madrid group training"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Mundo Deportivo<\/a>, Julian Alvarez has accepted that his desire to play for FC Barcelona will not materialize in the near future, and the Atletico Madrid forward returned to training with his teammates this Sunday, August 30.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old striker appeared serious, as he had been in the days leading up to his absence, but at least he was back at the club\u2019s training ground, taking the first steps towards restoring normality.<\/p>\n

Alvarez set to stay<\/p>\n

With two days remaining before the transfer window closes, everything points towards the Argentine staying at Atl\u00e9tico unless there is a major surprise. <\/p>\n

He has seemingly accepted, following the public statements from Atletico CEO Miguel Angel Gil Marin, that the club will negotiate with Barcelona and that he will not be moving to Catalonia for now.<\/p>\n

Atletico had presented Alvarez with two possibilities: remain at the club or accept an offer from Arsenal, the only side willing to pay his \u20ac150 million asking price. <\/p>\n

\"JulianBack in training with Atletico. (Photo by Angel Martinez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

However, the forward informed Mikel Arteta and Arsenal of his decision not to join<\/a> the London club.<\/p>\n

Alvarez expected to be back for the next game<\/p>\n

Before their fixture against Sevilla on Saturday, Mateu Alemany, Atletico Madrid\u2019s director of professional football, indicated that Alvarez should be available for the next game against Athletic Club.<\/p>\n

\u201cJulian had some days when he wasn\u2019t feeling well, yesterday he trained and we expect him to be available for the next league match,\u201d\u00a0the former Barcelona executive stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alemany then reinforced the club\u2019s position on the transfer saga, firmly stating: \u201cWe have been clear. The board has said it, Miguel Angel Gil Marin has said it, and I refer to that. Why should I speak?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JulianNot getting his dream move. (Photo by Angel Martinez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

For now, therefore, Alvarez is back in training and preparing to continue as an Atletico Madrid player, with the Barcelona option effectively closed and Arsenal having been ruled out by the forward himself.<\/p>\n

As far as the Blaugrana\u2019s position is concerned, as things stand, it seems unlikely that they will sign a different centre-forward this summer.<\/p>\n

The plan will likely be to continue with Raphinha as a false-nine, while also relying on the versatility of players like Anthony Gordon and Karim Adeyemi. Youngster Hamza Abdelkarim will also be an option to play as a No. 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Mundo Deportivo, Julian Alvarez has accepted that his desire to play for FC Barcelona will not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[179,92,222,223,674,82],"class_list":["post-77849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-julian-alvarez","tag-madrid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77849","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=77849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}