Squad always needs a little shake up after title winning season, not to loose balance and motivation and hunger.
Alvarez is a great player, but the biggest issue has always been his first touch and therefore unconvincing dribbling with the ball, which leads to simple / stupid errors sometimes and missed chances.
Same story we experienced with Sterling btw.
I don't think he will ever improve that skill and therefore he won't ever be good enough to be a regular starter in this City team. We have Foden as n10 and Haaland as n9 for future, what can be said, we already have best possible options and they deserve it.
So I think it's time to get the money and move on, cause year-after-year his price will decrease.
We have Oscar Bobb incoming. Played False9, RW, N10 positions last year and did great job. Savio incoming and he will cover more for Bernardo (RW), so Oscar will be used centrally more I guess - False9, N10 whenever Foden, KDB or Haaland need rotation...