{"id":3753,"date":"2026-04-28T14:48:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=3753"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:48:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:48:05","slug":"diego-simeone-confirms-arsenals-interest-in-julian-alvarez-transfer-ahead-of-champions-league-semi-final-against-premier-league-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=3753","title":{"rendered":"Diego Simeone confirms Arsenal&#8217;s interest in Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez transfer, ahead of Champions League semi-final against Premier League leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"D\">\n<div>\n<p><span>As transfer rumors dominated headlines, Diego Simeone took steps to refocus his squad on the Champions League goal. Unhappy finalist in 2014 and 2016, the Argentine coach is eager to finally lift the precious trophy. However, he recalled that past disappointments in no way prejudge future success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNo one owes us anything; we have to work hard and hope that luck is on our side,\u201d he added. \u201cThere is no pressure, there is responsibility. The excitement of being close to a huge goal, which the club has never achieved. We have to prepare to play; In the end, it&#8217;s the players who decide based on their experience, personality and work ethic. We want to play the football we imagine and take the match where we can hurt them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTo play in another semi-final is extraordinary. In fourteen years, this is the fourth time, the first in nine years. It&#8217;s wonderful, incredible. This faith, this enthusiasm, this contagious energy of our supporters is precious. We face a tough opponent, skilled at set pieces, and we will approach the match with all our hopes. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As transfer rumors dominated headlines, Diego Simeone took steps to refocus his squad on the Champions League goal. Unhappy finalist in 2014 and 2016, the Argentine coach is eager to finally lift the precious trophy. However, he recalled that past disappointments in no way prejudge future success. \u201cNo one owes us anything; we have to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}