Arsenal handed huge Julian Alvarez boost after another major transfer twist

Arsenal look to have been handed a fresh boost over Julian Alvarez after yet another new twist in the summer’s most high-profile and protracted transfer saga.Atletico Madrid striker Alvarez is Arsenal’s No1 target heading into the final days of the window, with the club ready to launch a big-money move for his services.However, they will only do so if they are given sufficient encouragement by the player’s camp, which does not appear to have been forthcoming yet with the market due to close at 11pm BST on Tuesday night (September 1).Alvarez, meanwhile, was said to be becoming more open to the idea of a potential return to the Premier League, having won a plethora of major silverware during two seasons at Manchester City after first arriving in Europe from River Plate in 2022.Happier times: Arsenal transfer target Julian Alvarez has cut a dejected figure at Atletico Madrid of latePAArsenal’s hopes of signing Alvarez now appear to have been boosted again after Atletico CEO Miguel Angel Gil admitted that a move to a club other than Barcelona could yet be on the cards."My personal dream is for Julian Alvarez to stay at Atleti,” he told Movistar in Spain. “If he wants to leave the club, we will look for an alternative, but he will never, ever, ever go to Barcelona.“Julian is in poor health. There are people who have taken it upon themselves to deceive and confuse him, and he is going through a difficult situation.“We are outraged and repulsed by this lack of ethics. We are not going to negotiate with Barcelona. The only firm decision is that we will not negotiate.”