{"id":12513,"date":"2023-05-20T08:56:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T03:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=312715"},"modified":"2023-05-20T08:56:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T03:26:10","slug":"atletico-madrid-target-jordi-alba-for-the-upcoming-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/atletico-madrid-target-jordi-alba-for-the-upcoming-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Atletico Madrid target Jordi Alba for the upcoming season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jordi Alba\u2019s future at Barcelona seems uncertain. The Spanish left back, who has been an integral part of the club for over a decade, is rumored to be on the verge of leaving, with Atletico Madrid emerging as a potential suitor.<\/p>\n<p>Alba\u2019s time at Barcelona has been nothing short of remarkable. Since joining the club from Valencia in 2012, he has established himself as one of the best left backs in the world. Known for his lightning pace, great crossing ability, and defensive abilities, Alba has been a constant threat on the left flank for Barcelona, contributing with both goals and assists.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite his impressive performances, the recent time at Barcelona, including financial challenges and changes in the managerial hierarchy, has created an atmosphere of uncertainty. The club\u2019s struggles in recent seasons, coupled with the need for a squad changes, have led to speculation regarding Alba\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>Atletico Madrid, the reigning La Liga champions, have reportedly expressed a strong interest in acquiring Alba\u2019s services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordi Alba is expected to leave Barcelona in the upcoming transfer window. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":34821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[410,2286,2873],"class_list":["post-12513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-barcelona-fc","tag-jordi-alba"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}