Barcelona transfer news: Lamine Yamal urges La Liga champions to sign "top player" this summer

Lamine Yamal has branded Julian Alvarez "a apical player" and said that helium would beryllium "very happy" to play alongside the Argentina planetary astatine Barcelona.

Alvarez's aboriginal astatine Atletico Madrid is presently the taxable of overmuch speculation, with Barcelona determined to motion him during this summer's transportation window, pursuing the departure of experienced striker Robert Lewandowski.

Atletico suggested earlier this summertime that funny clubs would person to wage the attacker's merchandise clause of €500m (£432m) successful bid to basal a accidental of signing him, portion making a nonstop excavation astatine some Barcelona and Real Madrid.

However, the Argentine has since revealed that helium wants to permission Atletico.

Yamal urges Barcelona to motion Alvarez this summer

"I don't deliberation it's the close infinitesimal to talk, but I besides don't privation to hide," Alvarez told ESPN during the 2026 World Cup.

"I effort to beryllium an honorable person. I spoke with the radical astatine [Atletico] who I needed to talk with. I deliberation the champion happening for everyone is simply a transfer. I privation to fulfil my dream."

Alvarez scored 20 goals and registered 9 assists successful 49 appearances for Atletico during the 2025-26 campaign.

Meanwhile, successful total, the 26-year-old has a grounds of 49 goals and 17 assists successful 106 appearances for Atletico since arriving from Manchester City successful August 2024.

Alvarez is Barcelona's apical attacking people this summer

Barcelona superstar Yamal has said that Alvarez would beryllium welcomed "with unfastened arms".

“Everyone knows he’s a apical player, the benignant everyone wants to play with. I’ve said it before: we’re welcoming him with unfastened arms, and if helium comes, we’ll each beryllium precise happy," Yamal told Mundo Deportivo.

“I deliberation he’s a subordinate who fits successful truly good with Barca’s style. I’ve nary thought what the concern is, but I anticipation it works out.”

Alvarez is presently representing his state astatine the 2026 World Cup, and determination is simply a accidental that helium volition spell head-to-head with Spain's Yamal successful the last of the competition.

Harry Kane has besides been linked with a determination to Barcelona this summer, but the anticipation is that the England skipper volition sign a caller contract astatine Bayern Munich.