Alvarez done deal - £82m to Atletico

[Centurions]

Interesting no mention of add ons or future sell on clause. I think we normally add a future sell on clause or buy back clause in outgoing transfer deals

Edit: sky just said initial £64m with up to £17m in add ons

Sell-on or buy back options were never happening with a £81mill sale.

 

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

I'm fuming.

While it looks on paper like a good fee
What are the add ons?
Who can we buy for 64 mill that is at least as good?
Will we buy anyone?
Will we go into another season with big holes- one striker and one dm.

Playing bobb up front is just like playing alvarez midfield.

The fact he has some average games were in midfield. I think playing him centre forward for a run of games, he would be class. I knoe we have haaland but when it was mentioned last season (yes I'll get stick) but Alvarez is the longer term better player. All round player. If haaland doesn't score he offers fuxk all. Where does the pressure for him to keep his form come from now?

I like him and would like to keep him.
However,I do not panic,when I see he is injured and not playing ( like I did with David Silva Kompany and Aguero).
Granted,we have a better all round team since that era, therefore the loss of one man is not critical.
So for me I’m ambivalent regarding him staying

 

[BringBackSwales]

I'm fuming.

While it looks on paper like a good fee
What are the add ons?
Who can we buy for 64 mill that is at least as good?
Will we buy anyone?
Will we go into another season with big holes- one striker and one dm.

Playing bobb up front is just like playing alvarez midfield.

The fact he has some average games were in midfield. I think playing him centre forward for a run of games, he would be class. I knoe we have haaland but when it was mentioned last season (yes I'll get stick) but Alvarez is the longer term better player. All round player. If haaland doesn't score he offers fuxk all. Where does the pressure for him to keep his form come from now?

Ive not seen many worse posts than this. Fume off

 

[JWCH-99]

Any apologies to txiki yet?

It was Soriano who negotiated the deal ;)

 

[SWPISHOME]

Incredible deal

Txiki has got us £128m for Julian Alvarez and Raheem Sterling...

Get his statue outside The Etihad!

 

[Trickyblues]

It was Soriano who negotiated the deal ;)

Maybe so. That still doesn’t stop Txiki getting shit on here. Like when it was rumoured the fee was lower. Or that we sell our players for peanuts. All Txikis fault

 

[skillman]

£81m for Alvarez is daylight robbery from us. Pulled their pants down IMO

 

[Bluemoon has risen]

His goalscoring ability will be a loss no doubt and we will have to replace that somewhere in the squad or externally if we go into the market.

But ultimately it sounds like he wanted to go and were not the type of club to stand in a players way. A potential £82m is a great deal for ultimately a back up striker.

 

[citydad]

Don't know if anyone agrees I would go and get Toney from Brentford if Alvarez moves on, spoke to an ex Bees player at Euro's and he reckons utd will get him. Me personally I think he's great unless he signs for them obviously.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

One stonking profit. That is business.

Alvarez never starts above Haaland for me so a canny replacement for an option is great. Alvarez wants more football too.