Barcelona transfer news: Fabrizio Romano delivers major update on Julian Alvarez's future after Deco claims

Barcelona stay funny successful bringing Atletico Madrid attacker Julian Alvarez to Camp Nou contempt caller comments from the Catalan outfit's sporting manager Deco, according to Fabrizio Romano.

The La Liga champions pursued Alvarez during the summertime transportation window, but Atletico consistently insisted that they would not beryllium selling the Argentina planetary to Hansi Flick's side.

Barcelona main Deco precocious said that the club's pursuit of Alvarez "is successful the past", but transportation adept Romano has said that the Catalan outfit stay keen connected the 26-year-old.

“I besides wanted to adhd thing much erstwhile we speech astir players regarding the concern of Julian Alvarez, due to the fact that Deco, Barcelona director, spoke successful Portugal implicit the caller days and wanted to clarify thing connected the concern of Julian Alvarez,” Romano said connected his authoritative YouTube channel.

“And I deliberation it's perfectly important helium did that due to the fact that helium said it already successful an interrogation 10 days ago, speaking successful Spain, helium explained the process of the communicative astir the bid, astir what they did successful presumption of strategy and rejecting, truthful they could accidental everything.

Barcelona 'remain keen' connected Atletico's Alvarez

"Then successful this caller interrogation helium said it's the past now. Julian's communicative is the past and the connection is beardown due to the fact that evidently he's telling everyone that Barcelona are perfectly blessed and delighted with the squad they person and that's the reality.

“Barcelona see Gabriel Jesus an fantabulous summation successful presumption of skills, successful presumption of qualities. Barcelona judge that Raphinha's fig 9 is having an unthinkable commencement to the play and they are convinced this tin past the full season.

"So Barcelona are precise blessed with the squad they have, with the strategy they had. Then erstwhile Deco says Julian is the past, helium means present we had the full summer, May, June, July, August, talking astir Alvarez. Stop. Let's absorption connected this season. Let's absorption connected these players, let's absorption connected this squad. Barcelona judge they built a top, apical squad and Barcelona don't privation immoderate much distraction astir that.

“So that's wherefore helium says it's the past. It doesn't mean that Barcelona wholly forgot oregon wholly eliminated the sanction of Julian Alvarez from their mind. That's not the case. It's conscionable that Deco is saying let's absorption connected this play for Barca, for Atletico, for Julian. What Cerezo said a mates of weeks ago, fto Julian play football. Stop with the story.

Barcelona could instrumentality for Alvarez successful the summertime of 2027

“So that's the connection sent by Deco. Then evidently Barca are delighted with the squad they person and this is however they adjacent the ellipse of this twelvemonth 2026. What's going to hap successful the adjacent future, 2027? We volition see. But that's the connection of Deco due to the fact that helium wants perfectly everyone to absorption connected this squad this season.”

Barcelona person besides not been abbreviated of goals this word contempt failing to bring successful a high-profile centre-forward, scoring 36 times crossed their 8 games successful each competitions.

Raphinha, who has been operating done the middle, has incredibly already scored 14 times this term, while Lamine Yamal has eight; Gabriel Jesus has besides travel up with 2 goals, but the second is lone believed to beryllium a short-term enactment successful that area.

Alvarez, connected the different hand, has struggled to get going for Atletico this season, lone managing 1 assistance successful 4 appearances, with the striker yet to find the backmost of the nett successful 2026-27.