Alvarez done deal - £82m to Atletico
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Brightwell Bros.
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The club must really, really believe in Bobb and Savinho's ability to play across the front three. Very excited and interested to see if they're right. Looks like it's sink or swim time for some of the academy!
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Always repeat the Pep mantra: "If they don't want to play for City they don't have to." I thought it was inevitable when I heard he had opted to play in the Olympics. I wish Julian well though and think he wll be a great signing for Atleti. Rather he went there than Real.
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The problem is neither can even come close to replacing Julian's goals.
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Madrid don’t need him having signed Mbappe.
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Great Deal. Top player but I always thought when he played as a 10 we struggled. He is never going to replace Haaland as 1st choice so it's a great deal all round.
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From the ten position we will see.
bobbyowenquiff
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Definitely not a 10. He is really a central striker and too good to be back-up for Haaland. It looks like City are going back to proper wingers this season anyway so his game time would have been limited.
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I love Bobb's potential, but a half dozen good showings over the last year doesn't even put him in the same breath as Alvarez. Maybe he will, but maybe not. That's a lot of goals to replace.
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True, but it could well be what the club are thinking.
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Stop flapping. We won the league twice without any strikers.
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Very wise by City, for the first time Julian is on a trophy losing streak ;)
Like you I too drank the FA Cup final out of my mind
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Incredible piece of business I would say when many clubs struggle for good transfer fees. We have PL fee from Spain team, who rarely spend much (with exceptional exception of Felix ... and it did not work at all;p). Really a class act by Soriano.
Julian's been very good and useful player. Timing worked perfectly last season with KDB and Haaland injuries. He filled the gaps in various positions. Thanks to him we stayed in the title race till players came back. But till the season's end, crucial games, hes been substitute and I would not swap him for anybody there. He just no Haaland as striker and no KDB as 10. And Alvarez deserves a chance to be a main striker in top team. Would not have it hear with Haaland, we all know this. Best for Julian!
We have more than enough cover, in case of Haaland injury false 9 is an obvious option with Foden or KDB.
Many say we are short with numbers, but its not really a case. Oscar Bobb should be an equivalent of a new player with much more duties this season. Maybe McAtee and O'Reilly as well. We acquired Savio as well, so we are stacked in the attacking department.
If someone force me to make a transfer I m going to keep saying - Kovacic been very good, but at his position we may do better (maybe Bernardo will play more there or Nunes improves massively, but atm this is one weakness for me). And i do not want Kovacic out, because hes great squad player and cover for Rodri.
Julian's been very good and useful player. Timing worked perfectly last season with KDB and Haaland injuries. He filled the gaps in various positions. Thanks to him we stayed in the title race till players came back. But till the season's end, crucial games, hes been substitute and I would not swap him for anybody there. He just no Haaland as striker and no KDB as 10. And Alvarez deserves a chance to be a main striker in top team. Would not have it hear with Haaland, we all know this. Best for Julian!
We have more than enough cover, in case of Haaland injury false 9 is an obvious option with Foden or KDB.
Many say we are short with numbers, but its not really a case. Oscar Bobb should be an equivalent of a new player with much more duties this season. Maybe McAtee and O'Reilly as well. We acquired Savio as well, so we are stacked in the attacking department.
If someone force me to make a transfer I m going to keep saying - Kovacic been very good, but at his position we may do better (maybe Bernardo will play more there or Nunes improves massively, but atm this is one weakness for me). And i do not want Kovacic out, because hes great squad player and cover for Rodri.
I'm a big fan of Alvarez, but I don't think it leaves up particularly short.
I assume with Kev and Bernardo now looking like they're staying, Savio coming in, Bobb looking so good in pre-season, and Foden's success in the centre last season, that the club were fairly relaxed about him leaving.
Had we been short of attacking midfield players, I think they'd have been a lot tougher.
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A successful move for everyone involved - well, for River Plate, the player and us. And probably Athletico. It's not all that often that things work out so well for everyone. We'll see how well he gets on in Spain. Good luck to him, though. He's a hard worker and should continue to do well. Plus the whole Spider Man celebration thing will probably go over better there. Thought he always looked a bit sheepish doing it at City. And so he should have. It's hard to take a grown man with a Spider Man celebration all that seriously.Good luck, Julian.