{"id":2044,"date":"2026-08-26T15:46:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:46:40","slug":"barcelona-make-julian-alvarez-their-sole-attacking-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/barcelona-make-julian-alvarez-their-sole-attacking-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona make Julian Alvarez their sole attacking target"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-34.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-34.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-34-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-34-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona have identified Julian Alvarez as their only target to bolster their front line and are prepared to pursue the Argentine until deadline day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FC Barcelona have decided that they will only sign a new striker if they manage to secure the arrival of Julian Alvarez. According to &#8216;Cadena SER&#8217; and &#8216;Tribuna&#8217;, the Argentine forward is Hansi Flick&#8217;s absolute priority to spearhead his attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Catalan giants intend to push for the move until the transfer window slams shut, while Alvarez has reportedly turned down an approach from Mikel Arteta to reaffirm his desire to join Barcelona. Potential moves for Harry Kane, Lautaro Martinez and Joao Pedro have all been ruled out due to prohibitive costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should Atletico de Madrid refuse to negotiate, Flick could turn to internal solutions already at his disposal. Raphinha, Dani Olmo, Karim Adeyemi and Anthony Gordon have all been highlighted as versatile options capable of operating through the middle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona have identified Julian Alvarez as their only target to bolster their front line and are prepared to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2046,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044\/revisions\/2046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}