Neither Harry Kane nor Julián Álvarez, Barça signs another striker: 'Meeting confirmed'

Neither Harry Kane nor Julián Álvarez: this has been confirmed by Barça in "petit comité" more than 10 months before the start of the next summer transfer window. It's no secret that Barça's main challenge for next summer will be to sign a new center forward to replace Robert Lewandowski, whose contract will expire. Many names have been linked to Barça, with Harry Kane and Julián Álvarez standing out, but the Catalan club is working on signing another striker: meeting already confirmed.

Julián Álvarez and Harry Kane are highly regarded by Barça and Hansi Flick, but their price could be somewhat prohibitive, so the Barcelona entity is working on an alternative. However, Barça confirms that, in this upcoming summer transfer window, it will make a move with the goal of signing a striker. Lewandowski is already a Barça legend, but Joan Laporta acknowledges that the Pole's performance, as is logical due to his age, will drop significantly.

For all these reasons, Barça wants to get things done in advance and already has a meeting scheduled with the player who would become the future starting "9" of FC Barcelona. Neither Harry Kane nor Julián Álvarez: Barça is looking to close ranks and go all in for another striker, who would arrive at Barça for a price close to €45M. Kane and Álvarez are highly appreciated, but both would be close to sealing their continuity at Bayern Munich and Atlético de Madrid, respectively: Barça is already looking for alternatives to act in time.

Neither Harry Kane nor Julián Álvarez, Barça sign another striker: "Meeting confirmed"

The transfer market for clubs like Barça offers a lot of possibilities, but the truth is that the club led by Laporta is not in a position to sign big stars. In recent months, the names of true stars like Julián Álvarez or Harry Kane have been mentioned, but Barça has ruled out these signings, at least for now. Barça's financial situation requires it, so Laporta has had to opt for alternative routes: meeting scheduled, Deco is already preparing to close the €45M signing.

It is expected that, with the return to Camp Nou, "revenues will recover", but this can't be confirmed at present. With all this, Barça is working to temporarily forget about names like Harry Kane and Julián Álvarez. However, Joan Laporta knows that Barça needs and will need a center forward and, therefore, knows that they must hurry: agreements must be closed as soon as possible to plan properly.

Barça schedules a meeting with their new starting striker: "Lewandowski says goodbye, as do Harry Kane and Julián Álvarez..."

Lewandowski's performance at Barça has been excellent and proves Laporta right, who fought very hard for the Pole several seasons ago. Barça made the right decision with him, but his time is coming to an end and Barça is working to replace him properly, although it will not be an easy task. Julián Álvarez is not definitively ruled out, but his price would be very high and, for that reason, Barça would not be able to sign him.

The same goes for Harry Kane, who is comfortable at Bayern, although he has always "flirted" with Barça, especially because he longs to try the Spanish league. What must be ruled out, for now, is that these two stars will sign for Barça: Laporta is working on another name and the meeting between the parties is confirmed.

Apparently, according to "BILD" in Germany, Barça is working on the signing of Serghou Guirassy, Borussia Dortmund's striker who is only 29 years old. Guirassy is highly appreciated by Flick and would be the "cheap" replacement for Lewandowski, although the Guinean's price would rise to €45 million ($48.5M), including fixed and variable amounts. Everything is open, but Barça is, for now, forgetting about big names: neither Harry Kane nor Julián Álvarez would sign for FC Barcelona in this upcoming transfer window.