Alvarez done deal - £82m to Atletico

Excellent price in noticeably deflated market and absolutely no sense from the footballing point of view. Letting go of all those players in the last few seasons is going to be sustainable until it is not. We re selling our second best scorer of the last two season, a swiss knife when it comes to his versatility and someone unmatched in his energy and will to run and press. I would say an improvement on Jesus, the player he replaced. I Just do not see anybody around who is going to be replacement, unless Pep is moving to develop City 4.0 or is 5.0 version.
 
Plain Speaking said:
According to transfermarkt his current value is €90m ie £77.2m

That "€81m" is with the add ons that may never come Balon d'Or, CL etc?

Up front fee is apparently €75m ie £64.3m

Personally I would have wanted absolute min £70m up front or no deal! (and dispensed with add ons which may never happen)
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Who knows what the add-ons really are? If I had to guess I would say they will be far more realistic - maybe 100 appearances , 50 goals etc.
 
Tugay One Cup said:
I'm not going to celebrate business for business' sake.

£80m would be a sensational fee. But if it's not going back into the team then what am I celebrating?
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Why celebrate anything just sit back and relax enjoy last seasons league win again knowing the club is is very well run and we have nothing to worry about. Worry about next season when we are in it. Some are so worried about transfers and next season from the minute the season finished they have had no celebration of last seasons success.
 
any sell on fee ? we should fucking put in 20% at least, because if things go well for him can see he bought out for 100m or above.
 
TinFoilHat said:
Because that's what the club do.

We have a habit of letting players leave too late to replace then scramble for a replacement in January.
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So far from the truth. How many January signings have we made? Bet you could count on 1 hand
 
Decent money for a backup striker.
Not the end of the world and will hopefully create space for Bobb to get more minutes or possibly McAtee

That said, I wonder if we’ll try and sign a replacement
 
Looking at many of the comments in this thread, there is a sense that we should be keeping a player that obviously wants to leave to get more game time. For us he will not get that game time, as such he will not be happy. Pep has won league title after league title by keeping a tight group of happy players, when someone either doesn't fit the mould, or wants out, they invariably are gotten rid of in a respectable manner. I would like Julian to stay, however, given the circumstances, it's best he moves on, we continue with our proven method of success and he hopefully does well in Spain.
 
Genuinly so pleased that we won't see him in midfield this season.

Good servant, decent player, good guy and a good understudy for Haaland. But not someone we will miss too much.
 
I love City's Argies and Alvarez looked to be a fantastic talent but he's played a lot of football, is older than Haaland and much like Jesus has never looked prolific or likely to kick on. Runs his arse off, has immense quality, but he's not going to get the game time he wants and for that price it's excellent business. He'll go on and have a brilliant career but we can cope without him and it's a no-brainer to cash in for that sum.
 
supercity88 said:
I love City's Argies and Alvarez looked to be a fantastic talent but he's played a lot of football, is older than Haaland and much like Jesus has never looked prolific or likely to kick on. Runs his arse off, has immense quality, but he's not going to get the game time he wants and for that price it's excellent business. He'll go on and have a brilliant career but we can cope without him and it's a no-brainer to cash in for that sum.
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You’re making too much sense mate
 
supercity88 said:
I love City's Argies and Alvarez looked to be a fantastic talent but he's played a lot of football, is older than Haaland and much like Jesus has never looked prolific or likely to kick on. Runs his arse off, has immense quality, but he's not going to get the game time he wants and for that price it's excellent business. He'll go on and have a brilliant career but we can cope without him and it's a no-brainer to cash in for that sum.
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That pretty much nails it. He's not going to be a first choice player while the lanky guy is around, and that sort of fee (for essentially a squad player) is too good to turn down.
 
Damanino said:
any sell on fee ? we should fucking put in 20% at least, because if things go well for him can see he bought out for 100m or above.
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There’s not a chance Atlético would agree to insert a sell-on clause, when the fee is so high.

I’m very disappointed that Álvarez has decided to leave, but as Pep has said in the past, we won’t stand in the way of a player, who wants to move on.

Again, it’s tremendous business on our part, for a player, whom we bought for just over £20 million, but that’s what Pep brings with his ability to improve players.

Another plus is that it will open up opportunities for Oscar, James and Savinho.

Hopefully, we'll reinvest the money in an understudy for Rodri.
 
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