Atletico Madrid will not sell Alvarez amid Barcelona interest, says Simeone

Last month, Atletico filed a ailment to FIFA implicit Barcelona allegedly tapping up the 26-year-old forward.

Atletico Madrid volition not let guardant Julian Alvarez to permission the nine during the existent transportation model contempt involvement from Barcelona, manager Diego Simeone has said.

Last month, Atletico filed a ailment to FIFA implicit Barcelona allegedly tapping up Alvarez.

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The Argentina planetary has besides been linked with a imaginable determination to Premier League champions Arsenal and was the taxable of a rejected 150-million-euro ($173.4m) bid from Real Madrid successful June.

“I deliberation the concern is precise clear. The nine has made a determination that (CEO) Miguel Angel (Gil Marin) has explained precise well,” Simeone told reporters connected Saturday earlier a preseason affable against Manchester City successful Seoul.

“From a sporting perspective, we’re precise blessed to person a footballer similar Julian…

“We volition assistance him proceed to grow, proceed to amended and proceed delivering the champion – which has been a tremendous magnitude – that helium has fixed america implicit the past 2 years.”

Alvarez is owed to rejoin the Atletico squad successful 2 days aft taking a interruption pursuing Argentina’s World Cup last nonaccomplishment to Spain.

While connected World Cup duty, the 26-year-old said helium “believed a transportation is champion for everyone”, but did not corroborate his preferred destination.

Alvarez has scored 49 goals for Atletico since signing from Manchester City 2 years ago.

“We don’t privation to transportation him. We didn’t judge the 100-million-euro offer, nor volition we judge 1 for 150 cardinal oregon 200 million,” Gil Marin told the club’s in-house media channel.

“I person nary uncertainty that Atletico is the close spot for Julian and that Julian is the centre-forward for Atletico Madrid. We privation to support him.”

When asked astir however Alvarez mightiness beryllium received by Atletico fans pursuing the transportation speculation, Simeone pointed to Antoine Griezmann.

The Frenchman made a big-money determination to Barcelona earlier returning to Atletico.

He was initially met with immoderate hostility, but won the supporters backmost implicit and departed past play a nine legend.

“We went done a play with Antoine successful caller years wherever helium had to leave, travel back, and beryllium his prime and stature connected the pitch,” said Simeone.

“I spot nary different way than focusing connected the sporting broadside of things, doing our portion and helping him [Alvarez], conscionable arsenic we person done implicit the past fewer years.”

Atletico get their La Liga run nether mode connected August 19 with a location lucifer against newly-promoted Malaga.

The superior nine finished 4th past season, 25 points adrift of champions Barcelona.