FC Barcelona has already contacted the entourage of a striker which is its ‘Plan B’ ought to a pursuit for Atletico Madrid’s Julian Alvarez fail in accordance with Jijantes and SPORT, which cited nameless sources.
In line with some native media shops within the Valencia area, Villarreal’s Georges Mikautadze has already agreed to hitch the Catalans after Sporting Director Deco reached out to his representatives.
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The Georgian suits the type of profile of an attacker that Barça seeks following the departure of Robert Lewandowski to the Chicago Fireplace amid Ferran Torres’ pending exit.
Paris Saint-Germain appears set to pay €50 million in mounted cash plus an extra €5 million in bonuses which means the Blaugrana can recoup the complete €55 million it agreed to pay Manchester Metropolis for the scorer of Spain’s World Cup-winning purpose.
Mikautadze would definitely come loads cheaper than Julian, who reportedly agreed to hitch Barça forward of Atletico Madrid turning down a €100 million bid for the Argentine.
Villarreal agreed €31 million plus €5 extra in variables for him with Lyon not even a yr in the past in September 2025. Although granted his inventory can have risen after 13 objectives in 32 objectives in 13 appearances final time period, and he’ll now come costlier to an occasion.
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One thing between €60 million and €65 million is believed to be the Yellow Submarine’s asking value, although Alvarez stays the prime goal for Deco and Hansi Flick whereas Mikautadze could be extra of a second string possibility.
Barcelona is not giving up on making an attempt to land Alvarez
Some Culers are questioning when Barca ought to name it a day and transfer on.
We had been meant to see large developments within the switch saga after Alvarez reported for preseason and held showdown talks with Diego Simeone.
Because the Atleti supervisor signalled in feedback produced from Seoul, nevertheless, it appears that evidently the membership from the Spanish capital are adamant it will not promote to Barcelona. Within the meantime, different names equivalent to Lautaro Martinez have emerged as alternate options to Alvarez, alongside Mikautadze.
This text was initially revealed on Forbes.com
