{"id":1139920,"date":"2026-08-09T15:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1139920\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T15:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:56:18","slug":"a-die-hard-fan-barcelona-star-rejects-offers-from-spain-italy-and-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1139920\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A die-hard fan&#8221;: Barcelona star rejects offers from Spain, Italy and England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona are working closely with the young centre-back, and next week should prove decisive in clarifying his situation.<\/p>\n<p>Staying is the defender&#8217;s priority. Coach Hansi Flick is happy to keep him and mulling the matter over, yet the player does not lack serious offers from the major leagues.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20260809\/1004214557\/alvaro-cortes-futuro-abierto-prioridad-barca-ofertas-concretas.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\" target=\"_blank\">Mundo Deportivo<\/a>, the Barcelona future of \u00c1lvaro Cort\u00e9s, 21, enters a decisive week. His contract runs until the summer of 2026, and he is focused entirely on carrying out his duties and giving his best under Flick.<\/p>\n<p>Ronald Ara\u00fajo&#8217;s loan move to Liverpool has not settled things, though.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Cort\u00e9s has emerged as an option to fill the fourth centre-back role alongside Cubars\u00ed, Gerard Mart\u00edn and Christensen.<\/p>\n<p>Calm prevails between club and player, with all parties committed to cooperating whatever the final decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0More clarity should arrive next week. Flick trusts \u00c1lvaro&#8217;s abilities and believes he can contribute after what he saw during pre-season, while the player is fully content and confident in what he can offer Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Should a transfer be considered, offers would not be in short supply. One of the best players in the reserve team last season, Cort\u00e9s has received official approaches from clubs in La Liga, Serie A, the Premier League and other European competitions. The interest he attracts on the transfer market is clear.<\/p>\n<p>His priority, though, remains obvious. \u00c1lvaro Cort\u00e9s is a fervent Barcelona supporter, he is at the club, and he wants to succeed with the Blaugrana. His future will be settled in the coming days. For now, his focus is entirely on Barcelona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona are working closely with the young centre-back, and next week should prove decisive in clarifying his situation.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1139921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5312],"tags":[309997,199,2000,299,154677,7325,101,8634,104,2357],"class_list":["post-1139920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-a-cortes","tag-barcelona","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-h-flick","tag-laliga","tag-premier-league","tag-serie-a","tag-spain","tag-transfers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1139920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1139921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1139920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1139920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1139920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}