{"id":736109,"date":"2026-08-13T00:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T00:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/736109\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T00:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T00:28:12","slug":"arsenal-fabrizio-romano-reveals-contact-for-new-atletico-madrid-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/736109\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal: Fabrizio Romano reveals &#8216;contact&#8217; for new Atletico Madrid star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Julian Alvarez is not the only Atletico Madrid star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/arsenal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> are interested in, as they have also enquired about the availability of his team-mate Marc Pubill, according to Fabrizio Romano.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez has publicly confirmed his desire to leave Atleti this summer. The striker would ideally like to join Barcelona, but if the Catalans cannot afford the necessary transfer fee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/arsenal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> are in a good position to swoop in.<\/p>\n<p>The main obstacle is Atleti standing firm. They are determined to keep Alvarez and are therefore demanding at least \u20ac150-200m (\u00a3128-171m) to sell him.<\/p>\n<p>It will be intriguing to see whether that stance softens as we get closer to the transfer deadline, as Atleti know the Argentine is eager to move on.<\/p>\n<p>Romano has revealed on his <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qs8EG0CNfcc\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a> that Arsenal have now approached Atleti, but for 23-year-old centre-back Pubill, rather than Alvarez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t forget that Arsenal will also sign a centre-back,\u201d the journalist said.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/transfers-premier-league-five-year-net-spend-man-utd-man-city\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal leapfrog Man Utd in five-year net spend table topped by astonishing \u00a3852m Chelsea<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment, on Jules Kounde, no big updates so far. So the situation remains quiet around Kounde.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalking about other defenders, [there are] two different situations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne is for a player who is for sure in the list, and it\u2019s not a new name. It\u2019s [Ezri] Konsa at Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a defender really appreciated by Arsenal. He remains a name they are having a negotiation for, on club side and on player side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo for Konsa, Arsenal are in the mix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, another name really appreciated by Arsenal is Marc Pubill from Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal identify two main centre-back targets<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarc Pubill is one of the names on Arsenal\u2019s list. Arsenal had some contact to understand about the price and to try and understand if there is a chance to sign Marc Pubill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Atletico Madrid absolutely want to keep him. So at the moment, also Marc Pubill looks like a difficult target.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuti Romero was a name linked in the media, but Cuti Romero is expected to join Atletico Madrid. Tottenham are not selling to Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKonsa is probably the most easy solution on the market. Still very expensive, but for sure one to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Konsa and Pubill possess similar profiles, as they are both centre-backs who are also comfortable playing at right-back.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal and Liverpool are interested in Konsa, though they do not want to meet Villa\u2019s \u00a360m asking price.<\/p>\n<p>Romero, meanwhile, is set to join Atleti after Romano gave the move his \u2018here we go\u2019 confirmation. Atleti are due to pay Spurs \u20ac40m (\u00a334m) for the controversial defender.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/neto-to-liverpool-rashford-to-arsenal-mls-to-man-utd-how-the-big-six-can-help-each-other\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neto to Liverpool, Rashford to Arsenal, MLS to Man Utd? How the Big Six can help each other\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Julian Alvarez is not the only Atletico Madrid star Arsenal are interested in, as they have also enquired&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[220,448,59,50,221,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-736109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-arsenal","tag-front-page","tag-gb","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}