Manchester City is done with the signing of the Argentine jewel Julián Álvarez

the scorer Julian Alvarez (21 years old), the new jewel of Argentine soccer, was transferred by River Plate to Manchester City of Englandreported the “millionaire” entity in Buenos Aires.

“Agreement with Manchester City of England for the sale of Julián Álvarez,” River, the last champion of Argentina, wrote on his Twitter account.

“La Araña” Álvarez added 17 goals and 6 assists in 18 games, which earned him to be considered by critics the “best player in the championship” and a call-up to the Argentine team, already qualified for the Qatar-2022 World Cup.

“He is a player that we coaches love because of his quality, his generosity, his mischief. He is a very young boy and he has a long way to go”, commented the River Plate coach, Marcelo Gallardo.

“Álvarez will remain on loan at River, at least, until July 2022. Everyone at Manchester City wants to welcome Julián to the club and wish him the best of luck in the time he has left at River,” he wrote for his part. the citizen box, leader of the current Premier League.

He was born in the small town of Calchín, in the province of Córdoba (center). He landed in 2015 in River’s training divisions, already with Gallardo at the head of the first team.

There he began a process of training and growth that fully exploded this season until he became an essential player with the ability to unbalance in each match.

He debuted in the first division in 2018 but was always in Gallardo’s sights, who contained him and gave him the time and tools necessary to become a complete striker today.

He is a player who not only scores, but also provides assists, can go down to collaborate, knows how to press in attack and moves with speed and precision throughout his area.

His formidable performances allowed him to earn a place in the Argentine team that won the Copa América Brazil-2021 last July, and he is one of the very few players in the local league who is called up by coach Lionel Scaloni.

Now he shares a dressing room and very often a team with established stars such as Lionel Messi or Angel Di María, together with whom he qualified for Qatar-2022.

Álvarez’s career could have been very different, because in 2011 he went to try out for Real Madrid in Spain, where he put in good performances, but he was just 11 years old and the ‘merengue’ club was unable to sign such young players. Neither was there a chance to move his entire family to Spain. (D)