Julian Alvarez He is one of the figures that will soon emigrate to football from abroad. The agreement with Manchester City represents the next challenge for the striker, who in the last hours received in the River Camp de Ezeiza the prestigious prize awarded by the newspaper The country as best player of South America.
Undoubtedly, the Uruguayan media could not stop consulting him about the possible arrival of the star with a past in Barcelona, Liverpool y Atletico Madridamong others, Louis Suarez. “We all know what quality of player he is. Foughtthe teams in which he played, the number of goals he has scored both in European clubs and in the National Team, so for River it would obviously be a great reinforcement”, highlighted the Cordovan.
It should be remembered that the Spider became the first player in the history of the Núñez entity when celebrating six goals in the same game when he shone against Alianza Lima by the last date of the group stage of the Liberators cup and accumulated 51 touchdowns with the t-shirt bandafour less than Borré, the footballer who shouted the most in the cycle of Doll. “I’m close, four goals away, and there are several games left. I always try to give my best on the field. to play well, help my teammates… And obviously if the goals come, they are welcome”, he confessed with a laugh.
before traveling to England, the first week of July, the young man from Calchín will seek to exceed this mark in the last commitments of the cast of Núñez. The striker, who with Just 18 years old he played the final of the Copa Libertadores in Madrid ante Boca in 2018reached a goal average of 0.43 per game and if you take into account the 29 assists, his scoring participation almost reaches 0.70.
Another of the great virtues of the footballer of the Argentine national team is his physical capacity, that is why the 116 games played, 82 were in the starting lineup and from those statistics in 47 occasions completed the 90 minutes. His goalscoring record increased from last year after the injury of Matias Suarez, that gave him back ownership and forced him to play nine. In the 2021-2022 season he played 46 games and scored 35 goals.
River transferred to Julian Alvarez al Manchester City of Pep Guardiola at the end of last year in exchange for 21 million dollars with a loan transfer that made it possible for the striker to continue with the club until the end of the round of 16 of the Libertadores. Although said loan in favor of the Buenos Aires club was for the entire 2022, the British institution put a repechage clause with a penalty of 1.8 million dollars to have it available in the middle of the year in the summer preseason in Europe.
After the performances of the Cordovan, Guardiola himself announced that his intentions were to have him with the team in July to see him train with the Premier League champions’ squad. As reported by the English media The Sunthe CEO of Manchester City, Ferran Sorianoalso assured that The Argentine will join the British team on the date stipulated in the purchase contract. “We have had many offers from clubs to loan Julián, but he is not going to leave, he will do the preseason with us and he will stay”, explained the manager. “I had the opportunity to speak with Guardiola in Februarywhen the contract was signed. It was a short talk in which he welcomed me and congratulated me for everything I was achieving”, stressed the striker.
Naturally, one of your ultimate challenges will be based on the raid you’ll be doing. La Scaloneta in the Qatar World Cup. Excited to be part of the Albiceleste payroll, the attacker acknowledged that he dreams of winning the World Cup. “It would be very nice if it could be achieved, for all Argentines and, obviously, because I think that football owes it to Messi for everything he means worldwide”he concluded.
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