As evidenced by Suarez and Villa… Barcelona refuses Alvarez to enter the Mercato lineup

Barcelona moved quickly and discreetly at the start of the summer transfer window and completed their first deal within hours, signing Newcastle star England winger Anthony Gordon.

Gordon joined the Blaugrana before joining his country, England, in preparation for the 2026 World Cup and beyond. The Catalan club wants to sign a contract with Atletico Madrid forward Julian Alvarez. Before the start of the World Cup, although it was difficult.

Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo report that over the past few seasons, Barcelona have tended to do most of their deals in the first half of the transfer window, and the same goes for big deals in World Cup years without entering the Mercato ranks.

Last season goalkeeper Juan Garcia didn’t move on until mid-July, with Ronny Bargee and Marcus Rashford arriving a month later.

Dani Olmo’s case was an exception a year ago, as Barcelona had to wait until the end of the European Championship and completed the deal in August.

In the summer of 2023, when Deco took over as sporting director, Ilkay Gundogan joined in June and Inigo Martínez joined in July, with Mateo Alemany being negotiated, Vitor Roque and Oriol Romeu arrived, but the final day of the transfer window was busy with Joao Felix and Joinsue Garinsu, Joinilensu, Joinilensu, With Joanisu and Joinilene Si. Lenglet left.

As for the summer of 2022, the famous ‘signing’ season, Matteo chose his targets carefully, with Franck Kessi, Andreas Christensen, Rafinha, Robert Lewandowski and Jules Kunde, in that order, arriving during the month of July.

As for Marcos Alonso, he joined in the final moments of the transfer window, and five seasons ago Barcelona included Sergio Aguero, Erik Garcia, Emerson, Memphis Depay and Youssef Demir from late May to mid-July. Financial difficulties also forced Barcelona to end the transfer window aggressively with the arrival of Luuk de Jong and the departure of Antoine Griezmann.

Barcelona wanted to complete their preparations during the World Cup years and did not take any fundamental steps until the 2022 tournament, which was held in the winter.

As for Russia in 2018, “Barcelona” did not sign a contract with any player after the end of the tournament.

But he did, with some reservations, in Brazil in 2014. The Blaugrana officially announced the inclusion of Luis Suarez after the tournament, although a verbal agreement had been reached before the tournament.

Before the World Cup, Ivan Rakitic was also included, and Thomas Vermaelen arrived at the end of the tournament, playing only 30 minutes.

In the days before the 2010 World Cup, “Barcelona” signed a contract with David Villa. If the deal was completed later, his price would have gone up as Javier Mascherano joined later.