{"id":255679,"date":"2026-01-24T17:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T17:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/255679\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T17:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T17:30:10","slug":"are-you-serious-fiery-atletico-madrid-boss-diego-simeone-bites-back-at-julian-alvarez-question-amid-arsenal-barcelona-transfer-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/255679\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Are you serious?!&#8217; &#8211; Fiery Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone bites back at Julian Alvarez question amid Arsenal &#038; Barcelona transfer links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The question comes amidst reports of a potential summer exit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/team\/barcelona\/agh9ifb2mw3ivjusgedj7c3fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barcelona<\/a> have been credited with an interest for Alvarez, who has a \u00a3433m release clause in his contract, as the Blaugrana consider their options in a bid to replace Robert Lewandowski.<\/p>\n<p>Lewandowski&#8217;s current Barcelona deal expires at the end of the season, and the Pole is unlikely to be offered a new contract.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal, too, have been credited with an interest in Alvarez as they weigh up whether to make a move for Alvarez in the summer. While Alvarez has a hefty release clause in his deal, reports suggest that Atletico would entertain offers of around \u00a386m for the former Manchester City forward.<\/p>\n<p>Gunners sporting director Andrea Berta has close links with Alvarez having negotiated his move to Atletico from City in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for smarter football bets? Get expert previews, data-driven predictions &amp; winning insights with <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+uMYfPakXmGQ5MjQ0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">GOAL Tips on Telegram<\/a>. Join our growing community now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The question comes amidst reports of a potential summer exit. Barcelona have been credited with an interest for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4026,111144,1998,135577,85,46,135576,18617,2619,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-255679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-atletico-madrid","10":"tag-barcelona","11":"tag-d-simeone","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-j-alvarez","15":"tag-laliga","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}