Alvarez done deal - £82m to Atletico

mancityscot said:
i'd be livid if its Arsenal.
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I reckon if we move him within England it is to Spurs. Would be a great fit in Ange's side.

If not Spurs, maybe Chelsea/Newcastle (if they sell Isak), but I doubt it. Not a chance we send him Arsenals way.
 
If he leaves who’s going to step in his place because it’s not Erling, they are different players.

If Alvarez wants to leave that’s his choice but if he doesn’t I think it’s great for him to stay here, he’s a quality player and like I’ve said before I’d rather him play for us than against us that’s for sure!
 
Worzel Gummidge#9 said:
If he leaves who’s going to step in his place because it’s not Erling, they are different players.

If Alvarez wants to leave that’s his choice but if he doesn’t I think it’s great for him to stay here, he’s a quality player and like I’ve said before I’d rather him play for us than against us that’s for sure!
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Txiki would find a quality 20 - 30m replacement. I have faith in him. We probably have 2 or 3 unearthed gems right now.
 
mancityscot said:
i'd be livid if its Arsenal.
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I wouldn't like to see him going to any other Premier League team especially those cunts, Then again I didn't want Gabriel Jesus going to Arsenal...

Jesus and Zinchenko are warming the bench behind Kiwior and Havertz, Says it all really.

We've made the correct choices letting them move to Arsenal.

Grass isn't always greener as they say...
 
Tricky_Trev said:
Might not be popular but I think we should sell at £70m-£80m and then buy the next £10m-£30m South American understudy forward to repeat the Jesus and Alvarez process.
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We already have Savio and Echeveria in the bag. There many more where they came from. With Alvarez it just feels like he has stalled and he doesn't really have a part of his game that stands out. Jesus had aggression and pace, with Alvarez its like a player with no pace just running around to make up the numbers in his post match heatmap analysis or something.

Average control, no passing range, no pace, a lack of killer instinct in front of goal, poor ball protection, I think he’s only strong point is his off the ball work but what's the point of that when you lack the pace, power or aggression to put the defender with the ball under pressure?

He would thrive in the Serie A but I don't see any Serie A team coming up with anything more than 50m for him.
 
You take 80 million for him when you have Haaland I think. I do really like Julian as a player but that's good money for a man who will always be second fiddle to Erling, he deserves to play as a striker somewhere. Being shoehorned into midfield doesn't suit him or us. Could use the money to get an English backup to give us more flexibility with the squad composition. I'd love a big quick strong forward like Solanke to be able to bring off the bench and rest Haaland.
 
I wouldn't sell Alvarez to another a Premier League club but Gabriel Jesus' move hasn't quite worked out for Arsenal.
 
Txiki Txiki Bang Bang said:
We already have Savio and Echeveria in the bag. There many more where they came from. With Alvarez it just feels like he has stalled and he doesn't really have a part of his game that stands out. Jesus had aggression and pace, with Alvarez its like a player with no pace just running around to make up the numbers in his post match heatmap analysis or something.

Average control, no passing range, no pace, a lack of killer instinct in front of goal, poor ball protection, I think he’s only strong point is his off the ball work but what's the point of that when you lack the pace, power or aggression to put the defender with the ball under pressure?
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Each to their own but that's incredibly harsh in my opinion.

If he lacked all of the above mentioned he would be nowhere near this City team, He's played more minutes than any other player last season.

He started and came off the bench for Argentina World Cup campaign getting in ahead of Lautaro Martinez alot amongst other big names.

He plays for City and Argentina because he's a seriously good player. Let's be honest he starts for basically every other Premier League team other than City because we've Haaland up top.

No pace
No killer instinct
Average control
No passing range

Seems like you are describing Akinfenwa or some other lower league striker in that post. The lad is a World Cup winner, Treble Winner, Copa America Winner ect he's played his part in all the above.
 
SWPISHOME said:
Each to their own but that's incredibly harsh in my opinion.

If he lacked all of the above mentioned he would be nowhere near this City team, He's played more minutes than any other player last season.

He started and came off the bench for Argentina World Cup campaign getting in ahead of Lautaro Martinez alot amongst other big names.

He plays for City and Argentina because he's a seriously good player. Let's be honest he starts for basically every other Premier League team other than City because we've Haaland up top.

No pace
No killer instinct
Average control
No passing range

Seems like you are describing Akinfenwa or some other lower league striker in that post. The lad is a World Cup winner, Treble Winner, Copa America Winner ect he's played his part in all the above.
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To be fair, he's our second or third best freekick taker behind Kdb. Depending on how you see it, he is either in front of or behind Phil in terms of taking set pieces
 
Txiki Txiki Bang Bang said:
We already have Savio and Echeveria in the bag. There many more where they came from. With Alvarez it just feels like he has stalled and he doesn't really have a part of his game that stands out. Jesus had aggression and pace, with Alvarez its like a player with no pace just running around to make up the numbers in his post match heatmap analysis or something.

Average control, no passing range, no pace, a lack of killer instinct in front of goal, poor ball protection, I think he’s only strong point is his off the ball work but what's the point of that when you lack the pace, power or aggression to put the defender with the ball under pressure?

He would thrive in the Serie A but I don't see any Serie A team coming up with anything more than 50m for him.
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Wow, you will struggle to find a post further from reality than this.
 
Wouldn’t want him to go to a rival in our league.

Also wouldn’t want him sold abroad unless we can get in a replacement that is almost certain to score more goals. If we can’t improve on him then don’t sell him, we’re already far too reliant on just Haaland and Foden for goals.

We can’t afford to lose a goalscorer unless someone better is lined up. No idea who that would be who’d be good enough that’s willing to be second fiddle to Haaland though. So probably best off keeping Alvarez.
 
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