Diego Simeone believes Julian Alvarez's failed transfer from Atletico Madrid to Barcelona "will provide him with pure learning".Barca openly pursued Alvarez in the transfer window, with the Argentina international also stating his desire for a move, but Atleti were unwilling to sell to their LaLiga rivals.Real Madrid also saw a €150m bid rejected earlier in the summer, while Arsenal were reportedly turned down by the striker.Alvarez featured off the bench for Atleti against Villarreal on matchday two of the season, but he was left out of the squad last time out at Sevilla.Simeone revealed the 26-year-old will be available on Saturday against Athletic Club as he urged the forward to learn from his transfer saga."He's training very well, he's going to be called up, he'll be part of the group that travels to Bilbao and we expect the best from him and all his team-mates," Simeone said of Alvarez."Life is full of opportunities, and this is one presented to Julian to adjust to many situations in his life."We spend all our time learning, and unfortunately, a great deal of time judging. We all judge; we need to judge less and focus more on learning."This step will provide him with pure learning, and he has the opportunity to resolve situations internally so that they benefit him and so that we can see him happy, which is what we want."We want him to be well, happy, and to score goals."Ready to face Athletic Club pic.twitter.com/ogaszKJ2PL— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) September 4, 2026After starting their LaLiga campaign with back-to-back defeats, Edin Terzic's Athletic side beat Celta Vigo 2-0 on matchday three.PLAYERS TO WATCHAthletic Club – Inaki WilliamsWilliams has been involved in seven goals in 22 LaLiga appearances against Atleti (five goals, two assists), although he is currently on his longest run without a goal involvement against them in the competition (seven games).Atletico Madrid – Alexander SorlothSorloth has scored four goals in 10 LaLiga appearances against Athletic Club, but none in his five visits to San Mames.This could become the stadium he has visited the most times in the competition without scoring (currently also five at Estadio Mallorca Son Moix, Estadio Abanca-Balaídos and Estadio Bernabeu).MATCH PREDICTION – DRAWAthletic Club have won four of their last 11 LaLiga matches against Atleti (D1 L6), after winning just one of their previous 15 against them in the competition (D3 L11).After winning four of their five LaLiga away games against Athletic Club between 2014 and 2017 (D1), Atleti have since lost five of their last eight top-flight away matches against the Basque side (W2 D1 L5).Atleti have not won any of their last five away games against Basque teams in LaLiga (D4 L1), their longest winless run against these sides away from home in the competition with Simeone in charge.However, Atleti have won three of their last four away games in LaLiga (D1), one more victory than in their previous 10 away matches in the competition (W2 D2 L6).Athletic Club have not won any of their last three home games in LaLiga (D1 L2), and they have not gone four or more home games without a win in the competition since August 2021 under Marcelino Garcia (D3 L1).OPTA WIN PROBABILITYAthletic Club – 31.9%Draw – 26.8%Atletico Madrid – 41.3%The post Simeone advises Alvarez to learn from Barcelona transfer saga appeared first on SoccerNews.