Welcome Julian Alvarez | Signing confirmed on a five-and-a-half year deal

[itisrising]

it will be ? but at the moment its just a gamble that you would be daft not to take at £14million. its a steel and you do wonder why when the lad is flying. maybe a big sell-on fee is in place if city ever sell or clauses set in targets and titles and champions league

Very unlikely. Alvarez has a release clause of around £17m, we've paid less than that because River get to keep him longer.

 

[jamesha]

Just listened to the "Wunderkids" podcast on BBC sounds - link below - in which Tim Vickery gives Alvarez a glowing reference.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0bmrw2m

If he lives up to the hype then we will have got ourselves a bargain. It is great that he has stayed in his native country and established himself in a team at a good standard and made the senior international squad.

I do wonder whether bringing the likes of Kayky over at such a young age is the best thing for their development. Every case is unique I guess.

 

[Phil1]

He's been compared to that many different players on this thread I half expect some fat fuck opera singer with a dodgy tashe to be singing at his unveiling...

 

[KS55]

Pep thinks he is Vardy's cousin Al Vardez.

 

[River Plate]

It is but also the midfielder with the 1-2 and perfect through ball, is very Silva esque

Enzo Fernandez. 20 years old. That's another gem.

 

[cleavers]

Pep thinks he is Vardy's cousin Al Vardez.

Pep thinks we can defend with 2 defenders against spurs too, and then doesn't change things when it's obvious it isn't working.

Sometimes he does my head in.

 

[shroom]

HT - NOB 0 - 0 River ... JA has had one solid chance and he made poor contact on a bang-bang stab off a cut-back pass. Horrible action, NOB is like 10 McTominays out there. Rare to see passes strung together. JA has run his azz off tho, pressing like a wild man. Shrug, maybe the McTominays will tire and River can start to find a rhythm.

 

[andyhinch]

Enzo Fernandez. 20 years old. That's another gem.

Was drink we a real Toquamon (sp) fan before the game, rates him, sorry about the spelling it’s a guess.

 

[shroom]

Final - NOB 0 - 2 River ... tldr: NOB's keeper made 2 errors and goals happened. The first was a direct result of JA's insane pressing forcing a poor clearance. The Argie TV people even put together a montage of JA's match-long harrassment of the keeper that eventually led to the breakthru goal. No goals for Julian, but our boy werked 'ard and won. yay

 

[River Plate]

Tough, rugged game. N'ewells played at the edge of the rulebook. Julian played well but was uncharacteristically poor in the couple of chances he had. He still contributed to the breaktrhough goal with his restless pressing.