Julián Álvarez was chosen among the 100 best footballers on the planet

Julián Álvarez’s year was consecrating and the recognitions were not long in coming. The Argentine striker slipped into the TOP 100 of the prestigious and traditional ranking prepared by the British media The Guardian. The spider was awarded the 91st position.

“He has gone from being a promising young man to becoming the best player in the division.. Álvarez was the top scorer and helped River win its first league title in seven years. He was loved by the Millionaire faithful with a spectacular double against his classic Boca Juniors and a memorable hat-trick against San Lorenzo. Intelligent, mobile and brave, Gonzalo Higuaín described him as a ‘complete 9’ and he was also the youngest member of the Copa América-winning Argentine National Team, ”argued Tom Robinson in the newspaper.

In this way he left behind other great figures of international football such as the Spanish Rodri (Manchester City), the Ivorian Sébastien Haller (Ajax), the Costa Rican Keylor Navas (PSG), the English Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), the Danish Joakim Mæhle ( Atalanta), the Brazilian Fabinho (Liverpool), the Spanish Gavi (Barcelona), the Belgian Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) and the Danish Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur).

To make this ranking, 219 players participated, among which are different former footballers, coaches and journalists. It is worth noting that the entire list has not yet been made public and that the newspaper for now has spread from position 71 onwards.

Álvarez’s last semester was one of excellence. In addition to his consecrating performance in the Champions Trophy (two goals and one assist in the win against Colón de Santa Fe), The tip comes from becoming champion of the Copa América with the National Team in Brazil and was the top scorer in Argentine football, scoring 18 goals in 21 presentations in La Liga Profesional. He also provided 9 assists.

Their numbers aroused the interest of the best teams on the planet. The last to join this select list is Manchester United, who has the Cordoba on the radar to renew his offense against the possible departures of Anthony Martial and Edinson Cavani. Previously he was polled by Juventus, Milan, Bayern Munich, Real Mardid and Ajax.

THE RANKING:

71- Marcos Llorente (Atlético de Madrid)

72- Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)

73- Leonardo Spinazzola (Rome)

74- Kyle Walker (Manchester City)

75- Ederson Morais(Manchester City)

76- Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid)

77- Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City)

78- Luke Shaw (Manchester United)

79- Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen)

80- Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)

81- Marcelo Brozovic (Inter)

82- Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)

83- Duván Zapata (Atalanta)

84- Joao Félix (Atlético de Madrid)

85- Burak Yilmaz (Lille)

86- Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad)

87- Luis Diaz (Porto)

88- Diogo Jota (Liverpool)

89- Dusan Tadic (Ajax)

90- Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig)

91- Julián Álvarez (River Plate)

92- Rodri (Manchester City)

93- Sebastien Haller (Ajax)

94- Keylor Navas (PSG)

95- Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)

96- Joakim Maehle (Atalanta)

97- Fabinho (Liverpool)

98- Gavi (Barcelona)

99- Youri Tielemans (Leicester City)

100- Pierre-Emile Hojberg (Tottenham Hotspur)

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