Alvarez finished the 2021 season with 18 goals and nine assists in 21 Liga Professional appearances and he has also made six appearances for Argentina national team.
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Fiorentina sporting director Daniele Prade has confirmed that his side have lost out on the signature of River Plate forward Julian Alvarez to Manchester City. The Cityzens are reportedly closing in on acquiring the signature of the Argentine international for a fee of GBP 15.5 million including bonuses. Fiorentina and Manchester United were also interested in the 21-year-old prolific striker, and La Viola Prade has revealed that the youngster will soon be at the Etihad.
Julián Álvarez to Manchester City from River Plate, done deal and here we go! Agreement confirmed as expected last week. €18.5m fee to River with bonuses/taxes. Julián will sign for five years. ??? #MCFC
Deal now sealed – Álvarez will remain at River Plate on loan until July. pic.twitter.com/3JQYAuS1U3
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 25, 2022
Details of City’s pursuit of Alvarez emerged last week, and it appears to be a matter of time before the Argentine is confirmed as a City player. He stepped in as an 18-year-old , started scoring and has not looked back since. He earned another cap for Argentina last night, in the 2-1 win against Chile, it was his sixth international appearance.
Speaking to Firenzeviola.it, Prade said: “We followed him for a long time but there was never the need to take him and now he has been taken by Manchester City
The Viola director did question Alvarez’s decision, though, adding: “I don’t know if the choice to go to City be the right one for him, given the many champions it will be difficult to find continuity.”
Alvarez finished the 2021 season with 18 goals and nine assists in 21 Liga Professional appearances.
FC Porto winger Luis Diaz was Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s first-choice for the January transfer window, but the Reds have now accelerated their plans because of Spurs’ strong interest. According to Fabrizio Romano, Liverpool have offered an official bid of initial 40 million euro guaranteed fee, with 25 million euro bonuses.
Diaz is currently in South America and is set to feature in Colombia’s World cup qualifiers against Peru on Friday night. Spurs were reportedly willing to pay GBP 46 million, with GBP 37.6 million up front and GBP 8.4 million in performance-related add-ons. Tottenham are now working hard on other options ahead of Monday’s deadline.
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