Julian Alvarez | Signs for City (see main forum)

[LesBleuMiserable]

“Known as 'The Spider', due to appearing as though "he had more than two legs" when dribbling the ball at first club Atlético Calchín, Alvarez also adopts a Spiderman-esque celebration when scoring.”

Did we not have an octopus play for us for a season or two, Fernando, was a misdescription in that particular case! His tentacles for tackling non existent!

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Did we not have an octopus play for us for a season or two, Fernando, was a misdescription in that particular case! His tentacles for tackling non existent!

Octopus don't do well on grass, spiders on the other hand...

 

[Sunset]

Really reminds me a bit of Negredo. Which is very exciting for me. I absolutely loved Negredo and his bullish acrobatic style. He also moves a little like suarez but definitely has some shot angles similar to aguero.

Hes got potential...

 

[Gumzy97]

He really reminds me of David Villa.

 

[TonyM]

He can't be signing for us. Where's the dithering on the ball too long?

 

[WallyA]

Having finally joined the fray, I’ve decided to actually watch some clips of this guy…

So far the things I’ve noticed are:

1) Definitely more like a play making forward, could play across the front 3, probably why Pep and the board like him, he likes players who can play multiple positions. Probably means a more traditional 9 is still on the cards.

2) It’s refreshing to see a forward who can use his weaker foot, seems to be comfortable passing, crossing or shooting on it, especially good from a central player.

3) Honestly just solid all around. Decent acceleration, shooting, and presses well. Could definitely see him fitting in. Even if not 1st choice, I could see him breaking his way in. I still want a traditional 9, but I also like the idea of paying cheap for a young player and turning them into a superstar… we seem to be good at that.

 

[TonyM]

Having finally joined the fray, I’ve decided to actually watch some clips of this guy…

So far the things I’ve noticed are:

1) Definitely more like a play making forward, could play across the front 3, probably why Pep and the board like him, he likes players who can play multiple positions. Probably means a more traditional 9 is still on the cards.

2) It’s refreshing to see a forward who can use his weaker foot, seems to be comfortable passing, crossing or shooting on it, especially good from a central player.

3) Honestly just solid all around. Decent acceleration, shooting, and presses well. Could definitely see him fitting in. Even if not 1st choice, I could see him breaking his way in. I still want a traditional 9, but I also like the idea of paying cheap for a young player and turning them into a superstar… we seem to be good at that.

What I liked from the clips was that he seems to strike ghe ball while running onto it. I like the idea of our players taking chances on their first touch.

A few in our squad take an age to tee up a strike.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

This Brasilian person was uneducated but this post shows me that he is not in Brasil or at least knows nothing about South American football.Julian wants to move to a huge club in Europe but he also wants to play the Libertadores with River and the Mundial with Argentina.For him its a big advantage playing for Argentinas biggest club with lots of game time in 2022 while for River its great to have him and for City its great to ensure one of the greatest talents in the World today

See, I can’t say anything now because if I do, the usual suspects will show up calling me all sorts of names. But I was ridiculously offended by you. You joined the forum less than a week ago. Have some respected for the people here.
Nothing you said matters. Of course River Plate wants to count on him, but he isn’t a RP player anymore (sorry to say!). So Julian wants to sign for us but continue to play South American competitions? Yes for River it’s great to have him, I know. But that should be irrelevant. My point was that a player like him, if he wants to be relevant in Qatar and not just on the bench, he would be better off playing in Europe where most of the players he will see at the World Cup are.
I’m going to give you an example you will understand. Flamengo’s Gabriel Barbosa/Gabigol, a player I am SURE you know VERY WELL ;), also has received a few offers from European clubs and all of them were turned down. And there was a discussion here in Brazil. He wants to be Brazil’s centerforward in the WC but because we only see him play against South American national teams, the manager doesn’t have an idea how he would do against European rivals or even African and Asian. The way our calendar is set forces our teams to only play among themselves for the past few years. You know this as well as I. Even time for friendly matches is impossible to schedule, so our teams will arrive in Qatar, in a way, untested — including certain players.
Ferran Torres, whom Julian is replacing, was a very important player for Spain, in their starting XI, while playing for us, even though he had limited game time and was in the bench a lot. And I think Julian would have benefited from playing even if sporadically against much tougher opponents.

 

[Zenmanc]

no need for the sarcasm though mate

Just poking fun, no harm meant.

 

[Homar]

Good fee. I’m slightly concerned about his suitability for the league. He’s not very tall and he looks pretty lightweight. At first glances, he also doesn’t appear to have that burst of acceleration that will allow him to go past defenders (though I could be wrong about that). He seems pretty well rounded, and his finishing looks decent enough. He looks like a Sanchez or Tevez type player to me. However, those two were very physically strong.