Barcelona ready to increase offer for Julian Alvarez | OneFootball

With only a few days left till the start of the 2026-27 season, the Julian Alvarez saga is seeing some rapid developments. The Argentine forward returned to train with Atletico Madrid yesterday, but was unable to meet with his head coach, Diego Simeone, with whom he wanted to talk about his desire to leave his current club to join FC Barcelona.

Some reports suggested that the forward was quite angry with Simeone’s absence from the training facilities when it was already known to everyone that he will be looking to talk to his coach. The player is also angry with Atletico, as they had promised that they would facilitate his departure earlier, and some reports claimed that he had already told the Colchonero club internally that they should not be counting on him for the next campaign.

Meanwhile, Barcelona themselves are also very keen to see this operation come to a successful conclusion as soon as possible. The next season is almost on their heads, and they still have not replaced Robert Lewandowski, while Ferran Torres is also looking highly likely to leave them in the coming few days.

In such a context, Diario AS reports that the Blaugranes, who have already seen a €100 million offer rejected by the Mattress Makers, are ready to increase their offer for the Argentine star, but they will not reach anywhere near the €150 million mark, a figure that is being reported to be enough to convince Atletico to start negotiations for their star forward.

For now, Julian Alvarez has already passed his medical tests and is training with Atletico Madrid, while awaiting the return of Simeone from his vacation. Meanwhile, Barcelona continue to work on this operation, but time is running out for them, as this saga reaches its most decisive stages.