Celestial Body: It’s True That Arsenal Are Interested In Spaniard, But Atletico Madrid’s Price Tag For Him Is 130 Million Pounds

On April 29, we learned from Hupu that British Sky Sports updated the future of Atletico Madrid forward and Argentina international Julian Alvarez.

Arsenal actually wanted to take action in the summer transfer market. Sky Sports News heard about this, and they also planned to introduce a forward, a player who is good at the midfield position, and a full-back player.

First, the news was confirmed. The confirmer is Atletico Madrid coach Simeone. The time is Wednesday. The venue was a press conference before the first leg of the Champions League semi-final between the two teams at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

Since Alvarez joined Atletico Madrid from Manchester City for £82 million, he has made 104 appearances for the team and scored 48 goals. When he was at Manchester City, he helped the team win two consecutive Premier League championships, and helped the team win the Triple Crown in the 2022/23 season.

The 26-year-old knows Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta, who was responsible for Alvarez's transfer from Manchester City to Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid has no intention of selling the Argentine national team player. Even if he requests to leave the team, they still set a transfer price of up to 130 million pounds for him.

Atletico Madrid do not want to sell the Argentina international and even if he asks to leave, they still value him at £130m. What should be emphasized here is that even if he offered to leave, Atletico Madrid still did not want to sell him and valued him at 130 million pounds.

Alvarez concentrated on helping Atletico Madrid win the Champions League and then won the World Cup with the Argentina national team. A person familiar with the situation revealed that if Alvarez leaves Atletico Madrid, his first choice is Barcelona.

However, other news channels in Spain have expressed doubts about whether he has such a clear and definite willingness to transfer. The reason is that the chance of a transfer happening this summer is almost non-existent.

Just like Arsenal, Atletico Madrid also hopes to qualify for promotion in Wednesday's game and then strive to win the first UEFA Champions League title in team history. This is the fourth time Atletico Madrid has reached the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League since Simeone took charge.

After nine years, Atletico Madrid have once again advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League, which is simply unbelievable. From what I remember, this is the fourth time in 14 years that they have reached the semifinals. Simone said so.

This is too good to be true. I think we benefit tremendously from the fans who convey their belief, passion and contagiousness to us. As for pressure, I didn't feel any pressure. We are so close to our goal, which is gratifying. We have never reached such heights before.

It's a different kind of excitement, leadership dictates the situation of the game, and we have to be ready to lead the game to a situation where we feel we can punish our opponent. We are going to face an extremely difficult game against a very strong opponent, and we are very excited about it."

During the league stage in October, Atletico Madrid, which was at the Emirates Stadium, lost to Arsenal with a score of 0-4. Simeone was particularly vigilant about the threat posed by their set pieces.