Barcelona Will Keep Trying For Julian Alvarez – Laporta

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has publicly confirmed that the Catalan giants remain firmly in the hunt for Julian Alvarez. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

Refusing to give up on their primary attacking target, Laporta stated that Barcelona’s good relationship with other teams is proof that the La Liga giant is very respectful when dealing with selling clubs.

He added that if Atletico Madrid ever decides to let go of the ongoing saga and sell the player, Barca would be willing to buy.

His words, “Before anything, we have the utmost respect for Atletico de Madrid and a personal appreciation for their executives as well, because we’ve known each other for many years. This whole situation has created a lot of noise.

This is not motivated by actions taken by Barca. It is motivated by the fact that Atletico told us they were not selling (Alvarez).

However, it looks like, from what we hear now (Atletico reportedly being open to selling Alvarez to Arsenal), they are trying to reach agreements with other clubs. I want to tell Enrique Cerezo, with all the respect because I appreciate him a lot, that Barca have been up to the standards required in this situation, in the same way we do with other clubs.

It happened to us in this window with Manchester City, as well as other clubs. We approach them to see if they want to sell one of their players. When they tell us they don’t sell, we let it go. But in this case, there are special circumstances that have been made aware Atletico de Madrid want to sell the player to other clubs.

With this context, our interest and offer for the player remains up until the end of the window, in case Atletico de Madrid want to sell the player. We are very interested in buying Julian Alvarez. We would like our offer to be accepted. We say it with all the respect towards Atletico de Madrid. We want them to know that if they ever are open to selling the player before the end of the summer transfer window, we would be willing to buy him.”