On August 27, Romano updated the latest news regarding Alvarez's transfer on his personal social media channel.

Today is also an important day for Alvarez. After Laporta's statement and various previous private declarations, Atletico Madrid today released an official club statement. That is, the club's most important management made a formal written statement. This is not a tweet, not social media content, not an interview, nor is it media reporting on the club's stance, but an official club statement on the Atletico Madrid website: Alvarez will not be sold to Barcelona.

Therefore, what I have been telling everyone these past few weeks has now been officially confirmed. Atletico Madrid has never opened its doors to Barcelona, and it is now explicitly stated in black and white, because Atletico Madrid never intended to sell this player to Barcelona. Now you have seen the official statement.

So, starting today, Julian has three paths. The first path is to continue to stay in Madrid. The second path is to continue to stay at Atletico Madrid, but still thinking about Barcelona, maybe next January, maybe next summer, I don't know. We don't know, nobody knows.

The third path is Arsenal, because Arsenal is still watching. Arsenal is still very interested. Arsenal is pushing for the Alvarez deal, and I still stand by my judgment. Arsenal is ready to pay the required fee. If tomorrow morning, tonight, tomorrow, whenever, Alvarez's team calls Arsenal and says: "Okay, we are ready." Arsenal will pay the amount needed to complete this deal and reach an agreement with Atletico Madrid.

This is the feeling from Arsenal's side. Arsenal believes they can reach an agreement with Atletico Madrid. They don't think there are any problems or obstacles in negotiations between the clubs. Of course, the transfer fee will be high, and Arsenal still needs to continue negotiating and discussing. So this is not a deal that can be completed between two clubs in 5 seconds, but the feeling within Arsenal is that they can reach an agreement with Atletico Madrid. This depends on Julian.

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