After the official closure of most of the official competitions at the club level, the spotlight is now on what may happen in the Copa América, Euro Cup and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. However, we must also pay attention to the movements that can occur within the foreign exchange market.
One of the brightest names in this transfer window is that of the Argentine Julian Alvarez. The world champion in Qatar 2022, the product of his substitution in several matches in the final stretch of the season with Manchester City, aroused the interest of several of the biggest clubs in Europe.
The journalist Fabrizio Romano, a specialist in the transfer market, provided details of the situation of the forward who emerged from the River Plate quarry on his channel. Youtube. The Italian maintained that the Citizens “they have no interest in accepting any loan agreement” by the Spider.
In his presentation he highlighted that the native of Calchín, who is currently under the orders of Lionel Scaloni for the friendlies prior to the start of the Copa América with the Argentine team, would only leave the Etihad Stadium if two conditions are met.
“Manchester City has no intention of selling Julián Álvarez this summer, so It will only happen if the player clearly asks to go and join another club, and if they receive a large amount of money. These two conditions are crucial. Otherwise, Manchester City is not willing to sell,” he said.
Although at times during the season the Argentine was not the first option for Pep Guardiola, within the club “They believe that Julián is an important player. He has a great future, a great potential, so City will do everything possible to keep Julián Álvarez at the club.” Consequently, the only way for people from Córdoba to emigrate is for them to explicitly express their desire for a change of scenery and for a team to provide them with an important economic offer.
One of the first interested parties was Atlético de Madrid, an entity that according to Romano today would not be in a position to face the high sum of money that the Ciudadanos would ask for to release the forward. But the Colchoneros are not the only ones who have him under their sights. “Paris Saint-Germain has real interest. I can say that Paris Saint-Germain has already had direct contact with Julián Álvarez’s agents, so they had a contact, an initial talk to discuss Julián’s situation. “Now we will see if Paris Saint-Germain decides to go ahead or not with this possibility.” In this way, the French today position themselves very high in the race to sign the forward.
He also clarified that although no English team has made any move so far, the Spider has a poster within the Premier League and it is not ruled out that in the coming days some club will show its interest (Chelsea could be one of the interested parties).
Although he lost ground when Erling Haaland or Kevin De Bruyne were healthy, the one who emerged from the River Plate quarry is a piece that the Spanish Pep Guardiola usually takes into account. A clear example is the statistical data that the club itself revealed once the season ended: Julián Álvarez was the most used player, participating in 54 of the English team’s 59 games. The Argentine played almost all the Premier League games (he was only absent in two), seven of the ten Champions League games and all the national cup games, as well as the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup. In those presentations he contributed 19 goals and provided 13 assists.
He ended up in England in the 21/22 season in exchange for around 21.5 million euros. The English media report that the Calchín native’s salary today is around 100 million euros (108 million dollars).
