Julian Alvarez, with only 21 years, monopolizes the attention of the whole planet and it seems to be a matter of time his landing in European football. The top scorer and brand new champion of the Professional League is closely followed by the main clubs of the Old Continent.
The last to join the race to hire him, according to Transfer market, they are nothing more and nothing less than Manchester United and Manchester City, causing a dispute between the two city clubs. The Red Devils, who despite the return of Cristiano Ronaldo have been carrying out an irregular season (they fired Ole Gunnar Solskjær) seek to continue with their renewal on offense, since in June they would release the experienced Uruguayan Edinson Cavani.
The Citizens, meanwhile, are the current champions of the Premier League and this season they are in second place, just one point behind leaders Chelsea. Those directed by Pep Guardiola, since the departure of the When Agüero, they don’t usually use a classic center forward in their schemes; so the Calchín native could fit the bill perfectly.
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The striker, whose contract ends in December 2022, is the great figure of the team led by Marcelo Gallardo: he scored 17 goals in just 19 presentations and provided 9 assists. His numbers are top worldwide, since they place him among the best Under 21s on the planet, competing side by side with names such as the Norwegian from Borussia Dortmund Erling Haaland, the English Phil Foden (Manchester City) and Jadon Sancho (Manchester United and the Serbian Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina).
Álvarez, who is also a regular part of Lionel Scaloni’s squad in the Argentine national team, has a long list of suitors; but from River they warn that they would only leave it in case of receive the 20 million of its termination clause in a payment.
One of the main interested parties would be Juventus, an entity that sent emissaries to Buenos Aires to follow him closely and that would be willing to offer some 15 million euros, plus 10 million of the European currency in bonds, which it qualifies as easy to reach. Another that began to move in the last hours is Inter, since they consider that they could form a lethal duo with their compatriot Lautaro Martínez. The Italian press even talks about a possible barter, which would include Chilean Alexis Sánchez (He played in Núñez and won a local title) as part of payment. In Serie A he has two other suitors: Milan and Fiorentina.
The option of the Spider also appears on the radar of Real Madrid, a club in which took a test at age 11), Ajax of the Netherlands and Bayer Leverkusen.
“I accompany him at this time, which is in great football form. That generates all the repercussions that it has, of being a wanted and desired player. I try to accompany him accordingly. You do not have to have any type of change, especially if he does not have it. If he did not have a change in his way of being and training, you have to accompany him like all these years and nothing more. If we see different situations, then if we might have the need to accompany him in another way. I repeat it again: he is a focused boy, who does not get into that whirlwind of praise and what is said about him. He interprets it in a good way, it generates encouragement ”, Marcelo Gallardo said a few days ago when asked about the forward’s future.
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