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Barcelona moved on from Álvarez pursuit and now thrives with Raphinha in attack, while Atlético retained the Argentine striker who has struggled with just two goals.
Barcelona pursued Julián Álvarez in the transfer window but failed to land the striker. The club has since pivoted to Raphinha, who has emerged as one of La Liga's most effective forwards this season. Meanwhile, Atlético Madrid chose to keep Álvarez despite interest from rivals, but the Argentine has underperformed with only two goals so far and faces mounting scrutiny.
The situation puts Álvarez under intense pressure, particularly given his desire to join Barcelona, the club that pursued him.
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Reports on this story
UK times- ESPN
- Diario AS
- Voetbal International
- Mundo Deportivo
- Simeone: "Julián is not leaving"Diario AS
- Why Julián Álvarez appeared in Barcelona's dugoutDiario AS
- Simeone backs Álvarez despite big misses in Atléti loss to BarçaESPN
- "Seeing the first half today, we are at the same level as Barcelona"Mundo Deportivo
- We will wait for Julián, we need him if we want to reach where we want to reachMundo Deportivo
4 more reports
- Simeone: "We all wanted that goal from Julián, but we'll wait for him"Diario AS
- Alemany points to state of relations between Atlético and BarcelonaMundo Deportivo
- The Julián matter was settled at the timeMundo Deportivo
- Life without Julián and with JuliánDiario ASThis article
