{"id":819455,"date":"2026-08-20T03:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T03:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/819455\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T03:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T03:20:10","slug":"barcelona-greatly-admire-21-year-old-german-striker-as-potential-julian-alvarez-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/819455\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona greatly admire 21-year-old German striker as potential Julian Alvarez alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/victor_nahe\/status\/2090113567680811087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Victor Navarro of COPE<\/a>, FC Barcelona have identified Club Brugge striker Nicolo Tresoldi as an option for the No. 9 position, with the German U21 international is \u201cvery, very much liked\u201d by the Catalan club\u2019s hierarchy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pivot comes in the immediate aftermath of the definitive collapse of the Blaugrana\u2019s pursuit of Atletico Madrid\u2019s Julian Alvarez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the door to Alvarez firmly shut by Atletico CEO Miguel Angel Gil Marin, manager Hansi Flick and sporting director Deco have decided to accelerate alternatives for the No. 9 position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-make-world-cup-winner-their-no-1-striker-target-as-julian-alvarez-move-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Lautaro Martinez of Inter Milan has emerged as the consensus choice<\/a> for the La Liga champions, who are prepared to go all out for the Argentine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Tresoldi is among the alternatives being considered, with the 21-year-old German striker greatly admired within the club.<\/p>\n<p>A star made in Belgium<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/germany-v-northern-ireland-uefa-under21-euro-qualifier-1-1024x736.jpg\" alt=\"Nicolo Tresoldi of Germany\" class=\"wp-image-208921\"  \/>Barcelona like Tresoldi. (Photo by Stuart Franklin\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Tresoldi initially broke through at Hannover 96, it is his explosive form since moving to Belgium that has captured the continent\u2019s attention. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since joining Club Brugge in the summer of 2025, the forward has enjoyed a meteoric rise. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his debut 2025\/26 campaign, he was instrumental in delivering the Belgian Pro League title to the Jan Breydel Stadium, registering 23 goals and 9 assists across all competitions<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His momentum has carried directly into the current 2026\/27 season, where he has already opened his account, with three goals in three games, further cementing his status as one of Europe\u2019s most lethal young finishers.<\/p>\n<p>The financial reality<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/germany-v-northern-ireland-uefa-under21-euro-qualifier-2-1024x727.jpg\" alt=\"Nicolo Tresoldi of Germany\" class=\"wp-image-208923\"  \/>An attractive Plan B. (Photo by Stuart Franklin\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tresoldi joined Brugge only last summer and has a long-term contract until 2039. Therefore, prising the Germany U-21 international away from the Belgian champions will not be a simple operation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Club Brugge are <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-make-contact-with-german-strikers-camp-as-potential-alternative-for-top-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">demanding a fee in excess of \u20ac40 million<\/a>, having already rejected a substantial offer from AS Roma earlier in the window. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Barcelona, Tresoldi represents a strategic market opportunity: a proven goalscorer with elite potential who would command a significantly lower fee than the other options being considered such as Lautaro or Viktor Gyokeres, <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/arsenal-striker-offering-himself-daily-to-barcelona-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">who is offering himself to the club relentlessly<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to journalist Victor Navarro of COPE, FC Barcelona have identified Club Brugge striker Nicolo Tresoldi as an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[418,49042,100128,4893,347512,403,99],"class_list":["post-819455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-club-brugge","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-nicolo-tresoldi","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}