As crooked as they are, 70m doesn’t sound ridiculous for a player like Alvarez.
Annoyingly good signing.
Annoyingly good signing.
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70m for alvarez 
70m for alvarez
We'd get 45m for him at best.
Id want us to spend that on him at maximum too. Crazy figure for an ordinary looking player. Not terrible looking stats at a completely dominant and cheating city side, but his argentina record is more representative. Never once did I feel concerned about him against united, despite there being games where it looked like most of their team was a risk.
Doesn't it?
It sounds outrageously overblown
Aged 24, scoring 11 and assisting 9 in 36 games, most of them coming on as a substitute.
I don’t think it does, no.
They won’t get it of course, but that’s another matter.
Yeah the fee is not the issue here. If he goes for £60m odd as Atleti have supposedly offered it’s pretty normal. If he goes for nearer the £90m City supposedly want all in, something’s up.
I wonder which cheap talent they will pick up from Girona…
How many of those games scoring and assisting from the bench would have likely made his entrance to a game that is effectively already over? Bench minutes at a club with games close is unlikely to be the same as bench minutes at a club where you're already two or three goals up. Makes a big difference in your stat line, especially if the opposition is demoralised and tired.
Likewise. He has a purple patch where it looked like he was putting it together, but, that's essentially what it was. A good run during a period in which City were cumulatively scoring a lot of goals.
weve seen these players before in guardiolas effective, yet robotic sides. If we signed him, Id be underwhelmed.
Agreed. I was swayed by his Youtube highlights at River Plate and thought City were getting someone who'd seriously challenge Haaland down the line. My mistake was not waiting for LuckyScout's scout report first.
The same team did spend £120 million on Joao Felix to be fair.
From what I could find he started 31 of the games in the league, but still decent output considering he "only" played 2600 minutes, and not being the focal point of the attack.
70m fee probably a bit high, I would've guessed at around 60m but I don't think it's that outrageous.
If Sancho is £40m+ and Rashford is £70m+, Alvarez is easily worth the two combined.
What? He’s the epitome of average in a great side.
Yeah must say I kind of feel similar about him. When he just joined them and scored/assisted quite regularly from the bench or when he did start (from what my memory recalls anyway!), he seemed to be developing into a top player for them but since then, I’ve not felt the same about him.
That's a lot better than being one of the worst players in a bad team.
Smart post
Excellent post. I couldn't put it any better, the premier league know it is dead if the PL top clubs ( United Arsenal Liverpool ) walk away.
Seems Gabriel Jesus went the same way.
Wait, people don’t rate Alverez?
I still don't understand why these scumbags are allowed to keep competing when refusing to hand over their financial documents.
Pretty stupid that the PL doesn't have some kind of rule in place that says if you don't hand over your financial reports, you're automatically disqualified until you do so.
Pretty stupid that the PL doesn't have some kind of rule in place that says if you don't hand over your financial reports, you're automatically disqualified until you do so.
Don't understand the fuss.
£60M sounds about right for a young decent striker.
£60M sounds about right for a young decent striker.
He’s absolutely brilliant. The fee is fair.
70m for alvarez
Huge mistake for whoever buys him at that price
Incredibly overrated player because of two things:
1. He can look like a world beater because he has good ball striking, and makes good runs in behind for a team that dominates their opponents in every game, so he's often able to find himself with the ball in a lot of space. Also works hard and seems to have a good mentality, but his biggest strengths are not nearly valuable enough to make him a world class player.
2. Because he's won basically everything at a young age.
Rashford is at least 2x more valuable to any team than Alvarez
Good summary
Alvarez is better than Jesus. 55m to 60m pounds seems fair price.
I guess he play do the same role for PSG that he plays at City...but they can find someone to do that for cheaper IMO, and I think he could easily struggle at Atletico.
I’m not sure where you get that from.
Basic analysis.
You can find many players on the market with Álvarez's qualities who can perform on the same level as him if you put him into a well-oiled machine like City. Rashford on the other hand is a rare combination of power, pace, ball striking, carrying, x factor, etc. there aren't many inside forwards as good as him around, and even fewer that aren't already playing for big clubs.
Stop it please. Alvarez might not have a better top ceiling than Rashford but he will turn up every week and contribute to the side. Rashford doesn’t have a lot to his game, runs down back alleyways and is not a team player. When he turns up he can provide moments of magic but that is rare.
Alvarez has plenty of time on his side to develop and money aside i’d swap them without hesitation. Alvarez probably turns up to training every week as well.
Bouremouth are quoting £65mil for Solanke. Who would folk rather have ? Solanke or £5 mil more for Alvarez?
Besides it's par for course for city. Did the same with Ederson and the Saudi club that wanted him. We don't want you to go, but if you want to then the buying club will have to pay a heafty premium.
I'd sell him in a heartbeat.
rashford. Did you watch him last season. You couldnt miss him as he walked around the pitch barely breaking a sweat.You would get rid of that much X-factor™ in a heartbeat ?!
Just far too much X-factor for me to handle.You would get rid of that much X-factor™ in a heartbeat ?!
Rashford is miles better than Alvarez