{"id":758230,"date":"2026-02-11T23:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/758230\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:37:14","slug":"chelsea-receive-message-about-julian-alvarez-from-barcelona-sporting-director-deco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/758230\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea receive message about Julian Alvarez from Barcelona sporting director Deco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Chelsea could find themselves in a battle against Barcelona and other clubs this summer for Julian Alvarez\u2019s signature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was recently claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/transfer-news\/chelseas-position-in-julian-alvarez-race-with-conversations-underway\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea are pushing to sign Alvarez<\/a> from Atletico Madrid as they look to bring in a new forward.<\/p>\n<p>However, Barcelona also seem to be in the frame to sign the 26-year-old in the next transfer window.<\/p>\n<p> What deal are you doing? \ud83e\udd14 <\/p>\n<p>Julian Alvarez for \u00a387m <strong>OR<\/strong> Dusan Vlahovic on a free transfer?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/julian-alvarez-dusan-vlahovic-1770543309707-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Atletico Madrid forward Julian Alvarez running and Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic warming up\" class=\"wp-image-351006\" \/>Credit: Yagiz Gurtug\/NurPhoto\/Aitor Alcalde via Getty Images       <\/p>\n<p>In fact, the Catalan club may actually be the frontrunners to land <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/julian-alvarez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alvarez<\/a> in a blow to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2200171194-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Barcelona sporting director Deco interviewed after a Champions League draw.\" class=\"wp-image-287907\" \/>Photo by Kristian Skeie \u2013 UEFA\/UEFA via Getty ImagesDeco warns Chelsea they\u2019re behind Barcelona in race for Julian Alvarez<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona\u2019s current sporting director is Deco, who used to play for both the La Liga outfit and Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/arsenal\/julian-alvarez-arsenal-chelsea-price-tag-revaled-transfer-news-atletico-madrid-barcelona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TEAMtalk<\/a>, he has now warned Alvarez\u2019s suitors, which would include his former club Chelsea, that Barcelona are the Argentine\u2019s first choice.<\/p>\n<p>Whether Hansi Flick\u2019s side can actually afford him, though, is another story. As for Chelsea, they have the money and will just have to be wary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League\u2019s<\/a> financial rules.<\/p>\n<p> How much would you be happy to pay for Julian Alvarez?\ud83e\udd14 <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TCC-80-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Atletico Madrid set Julian Alvarez price tag\" class=\"wp-image-351327\" \/>Photo by Alberto Gardin\/Eurasia Sport Images\/Getty Images       <\/p>\n<p>It has already been reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/transfer-news\/chelsea-ready-to-break-the-bank-for-julian-alvarez-but-face-major-hurdle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea are ready to break the bank for Alvarez<\/a>. His goal record in Spain makes it hardly a surprise that some of Europe\u2019s top clubs want him.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, the Argentina international scored 29 goals in 57 appearances. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/champions-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Champions League<\/a>, he netted seven times in 10 outings.<\/p>\n<p>Deco and Barcelona are clearly going to do what they can to sign him, which is not good news for Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2258325395-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Julian Alvarez of Atletico de Madrid reacts\" \/>Photo by Diego Souto\/Getty ImagesWhy Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali will be sick of Deco<\/p>\n<p>Deco has helped Barcelona to beat Chelsea to a signing before: Raphinha.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after being taken over by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/todd-boehly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Todd Boehly<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/behdad-eghbali\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Behdad Eghbali<\/a>, Chelsea were interested in signing Raphinha when the Brazilian was still at Leeds United.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues even agreed a fee with their Premier League rivals, but Raphinha, who was being represented by Deco at the time, ended up joining Barcelona instead.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like Deco could get in Chelsea\u2019s way once again as he tries to facilitate a transfer for Alvarez. <\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea could find themselves in a battle against Barcelona and other clubs this summer for Julian Alvarez\u2019s signature.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4100],"tags":[50056,94,15132,79,16,15],"class_list":["post-758230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-deco","tag-football","tag-julian-alvarez","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116054631992624671","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758230","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=758230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}