Arsenal eye £60m deal as part of Alvarez pursuit as Atletico president explains why Barcelona failed

Atletico Madrid head of stipulate Enrique Cerezo owns explained why Barcelona fell brief in their scour of Julian Alvarez, as Collection concoct a scheme forcing Gabriel Martinelli to indication the Argentine demonstrator.

Martinelli joined Collection from Brazilian side Ituano in 2019 and since then he owns scored 62 objectives in 278 galleries, the emphasize of which was winning the Premier League title last season.

The 25-year-ratty tinkered 53 times for Collection in 2025-26 yet after the summertime season arrival of Christos Tzolis, Martinelli can be sauntering closer to an Emirates exit.

The Brazil worldwide was rejected out of Collection’s Metropolitan Guard win over Manchester Metropolitan hole and their 3-0 productivity against Coventry Metropolitan hole on Friday as they started their title recommend in flair.

While he owns been the expose of an not successful €45m (£38.5m) administer from Galatasaray, a reaction Martinelli was not intrigued in, there is zero vouch he will take off the Gunners before the 1 September transfer deadline.

But, fresh curiosity from Al-Hilal can lead to an exit after all, although Collection reportedly want £60m for the Brazil celeb – whose arrangement runs out next off summertime season, yet there is an choice to protract that a further year.

According to press reporter Ben Jacobs, Martinelli didn’t want to go the Center East last year so he would most clearly have to have a adjust of heart to administer this reaction conceivable.

He told talkSPORT on Sunday, “Nicely, he’s [Martinelli] got a future if they [Arsenal] wear’t indication somebody in that position, yet they plainly are sending a post that they’re peeking. And also if they discover [someone], then Martinelli is somebody that they would most clearly be intended to assent.

“Galatasaray bid €45m. The gamer didn’t want to go there particularly. There’s curiosity from Al-Hilal too. Al-Nassr were the club that were chasing Martinelli in days gone by. And also a year ago, he didn’t want to browse through Saudi Arabia. So he’d have to adjust his standpoint there. But this is what nightclubs do.

“When you’ve got limited time, you pick a matchday group. Some nightclubs would most clearly claim it’s not so a lot disrespecting the gamer as merely keeping the gamer in sheath there’s a sale and not risking the truth that they can avail persecuted if they fiasco around.”

Somewhere else, Collection are still importuning to hire former Manchester Metropolitan hole celeb Alvarez, that owns made it clear he needs to take off Atletico this summertime season.

The 26-year-ratty said he needs to “satisfy his dream” and safeguard a peak reaction yet Barcelona’s initiatives to snap him upward have been unfruitful.

Why Barcelona dropped short in Alvarez scour

Without a vacillation, Cerezo touched on that this weekend.

He said, via Fabrizio Romano, “What I contemplate is that Barcelona wasn’t upward to the circumstances and didn’t do what is ordinarily done in this kind of affliction.”

Probably Collection can discover out from this rather puzzling review. Reports claim he will price upwards of £100m, with some electrical outlets his price can be harshly £110m or even £130m.

To administer such a reaction conceivable, the Gunners are eyeing a sale of Martinelli. Probably the proceeds from his bargain can help towards an Alvarez transfer.

Jacobs persisted, “We ended upward being aware if they’re to advice a Julian Alvarez or an tantamount gamer, Martinelli is the one that they can avail a beefy sufficient price for that it would most clearly administer fiscal feeling. And also as a repercussion, he’s iced up out for now since Collection realise he can be a gamer that can take off in between now and the run out of the abode window.

“And also that’s poor from the gamer’s standpoint. And also it’s a taxing one since if they wear’t indication a person, he’s earlier in the fold and he’s horribly insightful and he understands that. And also if they do indication a person, he’s proper away out of the envision. So he owns to fiasco around a waiting video game. And also if Collection do indication somebody, understandably Martinelli matches his position around remaining at Collection.”