FC Barcelona's desire to acquire the services of Julián Álvarez in the summer market of 2026 is growing. The player is liked from the sports management to the coaching staff; in addition, for Robert Lewandowski, in principle, the 2025/26 season will be his last as a player for the Blaugrana team.
Also, the Argentine striker emerges as Joan Laporta's main figure to boost his candidacy for the presidential elections, according to the latest rumors leaked by the club.
Thus, although the player, apparently, would like to take a leap in his career, he would not be willing to leave Atlético de Madrid under any condition. The '19' of the 'colchoneros' seeks to sign a contract worthy of a world football star.
Julián Álvarez sets his conditions to land at Barça
In this sense, the world champion with Argentina, aware of the growing value of his card, is not willing to make the leap to the Blaugrana team without meeting a series of well-defined sports and contractual conditions.
Initially, the 'Spider' would be demanding from the Catalan team a salary of at least 10 million euros net per season, 3 'kilos' more than what he currently earns at Atlético.
A condition that Barça could meet, as long as before his arrival they let go of other players who earn the same or more to not continue to exceed their salary mass, something the club is currently working on.
However, Barcelona's liking for Julián has been notorious since he was at River Plate. Although they could have launched into the market for him in 2021, the club ended up incorporating Ferran Torres in exchange for 55 'kilos', from Manchester City, while the 'citizens' paid €21M for the Argentine.
Speed, goal and pressure: what Julián Álvarez would bring to Barça
On the other hand, Álvarez was a Barça fan in his childhood due to his admiration for Leo Messi. It is no secret that the '9' of the 'albiceleste' team seems like an 'old-fashioned' player due to his versatility. He has great verticality, speed, goal and tireless pressure that he often demonstrated in Guardiola's City.
These conditions would help him arrive at Barça as an ideal player for Hansi Flick's tactical scheme, who positively values the technical qualities of the center forward who is barely 25 years old and has already won a treble in England.
In that sense, Julián Álvarez would fit perfectly with what the Barcelona fans expect from the current board, that is, the hiring of a proven attacker, with youth, competitive character and with the backing of not shrinking in big games.
Atlético de Madrid, the great barrier to a possible arrival of Julián Álvarez at Barça
The 'rojiblanco' team, to sit down to negotiate for the player who has a contract until 2030, would be demanding at least 80 million euros, while Transfermarkt values him at 100 M€. Therefore, it is a complex operation, but not impossible, as long as Barça can face a possible operation.
It should be remembered that Atlético paid 75 'kilos' fixed to take the '19' native of Calchín from Manchester City last summer. In addition, in his first season as a 'colchonero' he scored 29 goals and gave 8 assists in 57 games (3,967 minutes). Will Barça be able to acquire the services of the 'Spider' in the summer of 2026?