There is not much time left for Atletico Madrid to resolve the situation surrounding Julian Alvarez. It is clear that the player no longer wants to be there and wants to join Barcelona, but that is definitely not going to happen. According to Sky Sports, Atetico have given Alvarez until Sunday to decide what he wants to do: stay at the club or move to the Premier League. More specifically, to Arsenal, who appear to be the most interested in signing the Argentine. But just as today, the Athletic reports that the striker informed Mikel Arteta that he is not keen on coming.Barca & Atleti's media war: "We remain interested in Alvarez" vs "There's a 0% chance of selling him to Barca"First and foremost, Julian has to accept reality and understand that a move to Barcelona is not possible. That appears to be the biggest problem. Arsenal are also not entirely convinced that Alvarez is ready to adapt to Mikel Arteta's system, and until the striker shows a willingness to do so, there will be no serious negotiations. If the reports from Athletic are true, there will be no negotiations at all. The longer Alvarez remains undecided, the greater the chances that he will not change clubs at all. In addition to Arsenal, Marca reports that Manchester City have also entered the race for their former player. Although Alvarez left the Etihad two years ago to avoid living in Erling Haaland's shadow, City have nevertheless decided to explore the possibility of bringing him back after Marmoush and Savinho left Manchester.Atletico has to protect Alvarez from its own fansAlthough those initial inquiries have not yet developed into negotiations, City face the same problem as Arsenal. Until Alvarez accepts Arteta's system or the prospect of being at least the second-choice option at City, he will remain unhappy in Madrid. But suddenly, after two days of unspecified ‘illness’, the player appeared at the training ground and did an individual training. Media in Spain tend to connect his return to the training pitch with the City interest, but there are no proof of that. Then there is also the 150,000,000-euro price tag Atletico are demanding for the striker. Marca also mentions that the Madrid club could, for example, accept Viktor Gyokeres as part of a potential deal with the Gunners. The Citizens have to strikers to bargain with, so they would have to pay the whole sum.LA LIGA – MATCHDAY 3FridayRacing Santander – Elche 3-2 (3-0)/Zabiri 15, 21, 36 – Sangare 78, Nino 79/Alaves – Villarreal 1-0 (1-0)/Boye 31/SaturdayLevante – Betis IN PROGRESS20.00: (1.95) Real Sociedad (3.50) Espanyol (3.90)22.30: (3.40) Sevilla (3.40) Atletico Madrid (2.15)Sunday18.00: (1.13) Real Madrid (9.00) Malaga (17.0)20.30: (2.55) Deportivo A Coruna (3.05) Valencia (3.00)22.30: (2.40) Celta (3.30) Athletic Bilbao (3.00)Monday20.30: (2.25) Osasuna (3.10) Getafe (3.50)22.30: (1.18) Barcelona (7.75) Rayo Vallecano (13.0)***odds are subject to change***
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