Berta personally in talks with membership over signing £115k-per-week star for Arsenal

Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta is reportedly in touch with Atlético Madrid over Julian Alvarez, even when he’ll have actual bother going by the La Liga membership’s hardline stance on promoting him this summer season.

The Argentine has packed extra into his profession than most gamers obtain in a lifetime.

He has received the World Cup, Copa América, Champions League, Premier League and Copa Libertadores, whereas starring for River Plate, Man Metropolis, Atlético Madrid and Argentina.

Only a few forwards are in the marketplace with that mixture of elite expertise and years nonetheless forward of them.

His numbers inform the story.

Alvarez scored 36 targets in 103 appearances for Metropolis regardless of usually competing with Erling Haaland for minutes. Since becoming a member of Atlético Madrid in 2024, he has taken one other step, bagging 49 targets in 106 appearances whereas changing into Diego Simeone’s important attacking menace.

Throughout his senior membership profession, he has already scored 139 targets in 331 matches, whereas including 15 targets in 58 appearances for Argentina.

These statistics clarify why Europe’s largest golf equipment proceed to chase him. Alvarez will not be merely a finisher both, he presses relentlessly, runs the channels, hyperlinks play and is equally comfy main the road or enjoying simply behind one other striker.

Maybe most significantly, he has repeatedly delivered below stress. Whether or not it was serving to Argentina elevate the World Cup, profitable the Treble with Metropolis or changing into Atlético’s focus after his club-record transfer, Alvarez has by no means seemed overawed by the most important events.

If Arsenal genuinely have a chance to signal him, it’s troublesome to consider many forwards who would go well with Arteta’s system higher.

That chance stays difficult, although.

In accordance with talkSPORT journalist Ben Jacobs, Arsenal proceed to discover a deal for Alvarez regardless of the striker making no secret of his ambition to affix Barcelona.

Jacobs provides that Berta is in discussions together with his former membership Atlético and believes the Spanish facet would at the moment be extra prepared to barter with a non-La Liga rival than strengthen Barcelona.

He additionally reviews that though Alvarez has a £425 million launch clause written into his £115,000-per-week deal, there are provisions permitting sure Champions League golf equipment to barter at a considerably decrease determine.

Nonetheless, any deal nonetheless seems extraordinarily troublesome.

Atlético chief govt Miguel Ángel Gil Marín has publicly insisted Alvarez will not be on the market, claiming the membership would reject provides whilst excessive as £170 million.

That declaration underlines simply how essential the Argentina worldwide has turn out to be since arriving from Metropolis.

Barcelona haven’t utterly deserted hope of signing Alvarez, which means Arsenal might face competitors if the state of affairs modifications later within the window.

For now, although, Arteta’s facet could be retaining the traces of communication open whereas monitoring developments.

It stays one of many hardest transfers to finish this summer season, however Arsenal’s continued curiosity says every part about how extremely they fee one among world soccer’s most full forwards.