{"id":333796,"date":"2026-05-13T06:10:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T00:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=333796"},"modified":"2026-05-13T06:10:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T00:40:04","slug":"psg-open-talks-to-sign-arsenal-goal-and-hijack-130m-summer-transfer-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/psg-open-talks-to-sign-arsenal-goal-and-hijack-130m-summer-transfer-football\/","title":{"rendered":"PSG open talks to sign Arsenal goal and hijack \u00a3130m summer transfer | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>Arteta will have already got his eye on summer recruitment (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paris Saint-Germain have reportedly open talks with Atletico Madrid over Arsenal goal Julian Alvarez in a move that might cost a staggering \u20ac150million (\u00a3130m).<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez, 26, helped fire Atletico to the Champions League semi-finals where they were dumped out by the Gunners. But his long-term future within the Spanish capital is under scrutiny just two years after joining from Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arsenal are weighing up a move for the World Cup winner<\/strong>\u00a0with sporting director\u00a0<strong>Andrea Berta<\/strong>, who previously held the identical role at Atletico,\u00a0directly involved within the move that took Alvarez from Manchester to Madrid in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona are also fascinated with signing Alvarez as they seek for a long-term substitute for Robert Lewandowski.<\/p>\n<p>But reports in Spain now claim PSG have joined the race for his signature. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elchiringuitotv\/status\/2053990929728479404\">El Chiringuito<\/a> report the French champions have opened negotiations with Atletico having placed him on their shortlist of summer transfer targets with the report claiming the transfer fee involved could exceed \u20ac150m.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish radio show also reports Luis Enrique has held direct talks with Alvarez. <\/p>\n<p>Arsenal and PSG meet within the Champions League final in Budapest on 30 May.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270439002.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27907617\" alt=\"FC Barcelona v Atletico De Madrid - UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 Quarter-finals First Leg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Alvarez is on the radar of Arsenal, Barcelona and now PSG (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A primary ever European triumph will leave the north Londoners in a primary position to draw the largest names in the sport with former midfielder Parlour an admirer of Alvarez.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018For me, Alvarez can be an awesome addition to the squad,\u2019 Parlour told Metro in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There&#8217;ll at all times be people coming and getting into the summer since it\u2019s a giant squad and so they can\u2019t keep everyone completely satisfied. But Alvarez can be a implausible choice to have along with his pace and what we saw at Man City.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274693801.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28339143\" alt=\"Arsenal FC v Atletico de Madrid - UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 Semi Final Second Leg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Alvarez wasn\u2019t in a position to prevent Arsenal eliminating Atletico last week (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018It was at all times going to be difficult for him fiddling with Erling Haaland there but when he did start and when he did play, he was at all times energetic.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He\u2019s a young man too, so if he\u2019s available it\u2019s a yes for me. 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Alvarez, 26, helped fire Atletico to the Champions League semi-finals where they were dumped out by the Gunners. But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":333797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20686],"tags":[13616,2605,5479,22191,1574,20412,6768,4319,2530,3011,3006],"class_list":["post-333796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-130m","tag-arsenal","tag-football","tag-hijack","tag-open","tag-psg","tag-sign","tag-summer","tag-talks","tag-target","tag-transfer"],"aioseo_notices":[{"message":"The permalink for this post just changed! 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