Alvarez done deal - £82m to Atletico

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!
 
MCFC Wirral said:
We’re so well organised now that there’ll surely be a list of replacements to go for.

I trust Pep and the rest of the men in suits to get this right as they have done on many occasions.
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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.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
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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Madrid don’t need him having signed Mbappe.
 
St Helens Blue (Exiled) said:
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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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.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
We have obviously planned to be without Alvarez until September anyway, so him being sold doesn’t actually affect our August plans.

It’s also feasible that the club now see Bobb as being as good as Alvarez and we gain £80m to allow him his chance to shine.

If it doesn’t work out, we aren’t short of other attacking options and could dip into the market as required.
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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.
 
GaudinoMotors said:
A week before the season? Our hand clearly forced by player and buying club - difficult - but we should foresee this and plan accordingly or head it off at the pass. For a club of our supposed stature and success, we don't half look unprepared at times. That said, the club have been out maneuvered, easily done at the price offered I suppose, but the money is a consolation, granted. Just disappointed Mate. No news or deflating news after deflating news recently.
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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.
 
GaudinoMotors said:
A week before the season? Our hand clearly forced by player and buying club - difficult - but we should foresee this and plan accordingly or head it off at the pass. For a club of our supposed stature and success, we don't half look unprepared at times. That said, the club have been out maneuvered, easily done at the price offered I suppose, but the money is a consolation, granted. Just disappointed Mate. No news or deflating news after deflating news recently.
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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.
 
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.
 
HelloCity said:
- League champions 4 times in a row (all time English men’s record)
- The treble
- The domestic treble
- 100 points
- Record goal scorers

If that’s what ‘unprepared’ and ‘deflation’ look like then give me more.

I’d also suggest reading my last post on this transfer since it gives a more level headed look at the move.
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Long may it continue.
Hoozah!

Running off to read your posts
 
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