And he goes by the name of Alvarez...good luck Julian!

Feels like there has been something between him and Pep right? Doesn't mention Pep in his goodbyes and he was also having a semi go a couple of weeks ago of not getting enough playing time. Probably a win win for everyone given the fee involved. Little bit sad to see him go, but don't think we'll miss him too much.
 
ninjamonkey said:
We will miss him, quality player that many didnt apprecaite as much as they should. No issue with letting him go if he wanted to leave to be the main man somewhere else but got issues with how its happened.

Don't like the fact this wasn't done much earlier, feel like city should have said, you do this before playing in the copa/olympics or you wait until next summer as It's left us in a hole now in the week leading upto the season starting. He's got what he wants, Atleti have their man and we're left with a problem.

We absolutely need a replacement in a market where there's a dearth of quality strikers and I'm not entirely confident we will get what we need.

Also feel like we've let him go way too cheaply. This is a market where solanke has just gone for £65 million. Hojlund went for £72 million last summer and were getting a lower fee than those initially and potentially a fraction more. He's young, was tied to a long contract and in high demand, we should easily have been banking north of £100 million for him, anybody else selling him this summer gets that.

Good luck to him, hopefully simeone doesnt turn him into a complete raging twat. We move on, I'm hoping for a busy week for txiki now.
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Two points which I think you're not taking into account & are key.

The first one is its outstanding business for City to gain £82 from a club outside of the Premiership. The two examples you've quoted are for transfers going to Premiership teams where currently the money is.

The second point is its obvious the player himself was only going to transfer out of Manchester City for a club & environment he wanted to go to & probably more easy for him to settle into.
 
Incredible player and person. Best of luck to him. We will miss you.
 
Rhapsody in Blue said:
Feels like there has been something between him and Pep right? Doesn't mention Pep in his goodbyes and he was also having a semi go a couple of weeks ago of not getting enough playing time. Probably a win win for everyone given the fee involved. Little bit sad to see him go, but don't think we'll miss him too much.
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He's been trying to justify his greed by manufacturing some weird unfounded beef with Pep. It's all about money
 
All the best to Julian, I liked the lad and he played some excellent games for us - his contributions during the early part of last season when Kev was out of action can’t be underestimated. Always worked his arse off and took some wonderful set pieces.

Can’t blame him too much for leaving if, after all, he wants more minutes in his best position. Was never going to happen with Erling here but he was a valuable part of our treble winning side, let’s not forget that.
 
Feel a bit gutted Julian Alvarez has gone, i felt the same when Leroy Sane went, i hate seeing really good players leave City. People may say City made a nice few quid on him, in years gone £82m would have been really handy, but it's not really about the money anymore with City, anyhow, hope he does well and not come back and haunt us, probably will. Thing is now will City replace him or do we stick with Oscar ?
 
Vienna_70 said:
If push comes to shove, and we don’t sign another striker, I’m sure I read/heard that Oscar can play centrally.

Or, if necessary, play with a false nine, as we did the season before Erling arrived. It didn’t do us any harm then, and I’m sure it would work again.
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Grealish and Foden can play down the middle as well if it comes to that. I don't think we're going to struggle to fill Alvarez's position.
 
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Rhapsody in Blue said:
Feels like there has been something between him and Pep right? Doesn't mention Pep in his goodbyes and he was also having a semi go a couple of weeks ago of not getting enough playing time. Probably a win win for everyone given the fee involved. Little bit sad to see him go, but don't think we'll miss him too much.
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i heard that pep found out about him wanting to leave from the media and was not happy about it, he prefers to be told directly. and pep did look pissed off when asked about it.
 
Really disappointed to see Alvarez leave but understandable under the circumstances .... genuinely thought he'd stay another year but c'est la vie and i'd wish him the best in Spain .... he caught a bit of flak for his No10 role weaknesses last season despite Pep continually picking him there ... thought he was brilliant during Haaland absence and made a significant contribution to this year's title glory .... great work rate, his press was phenomenal, good finisher and came across as a good pro who was liked by all within the group.

Was there for his crucially important beauty v Fulham at the end of 22/23 season and again for his title winning goal v Chelsea the same season.

But we move on and an opportunity for one of our youngsters to thrive ....
 
hammersmithlad said:
Two points which I think you're not taking into account & are key.

The first one is its outstanding business for City to gain £82 from a club outside of the Premiership. The two examples you've quoted are for transfers going to Premiership teams where currently the money is.

The second point is its obvious the player himself was only going to transfer out of Manchester City for a club & environment he wanted to go to & probably more easy for him to settle into.
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Atleti are the third richest club in the second richest league and have not been shy in spending huge money over the last decade, they aren't paupers.

Don't see what your second point has got to do with the fee we got.
 
Couldn't ask for much more from a punt on an unproven young forward, scored loads of goals, won loads of trophies and made us loads of money. Good luck in Spain, hope you win loads of domestic trophies and don't knock us out of Europe.
 
Wish him well, One story ends and Somebody else will begin.
1894 the wheels first turned and they will keep on turning, Players come and go all the time but the joy of seeing somebody else hungry for the Badge and Shirt will always keep us singing the blues home
 
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