Man City boss Pep Guardiola only wants the best for Julian Alvarez at Atletico Madrid
Pep Guardiola hopes that Julian Alvarez finds “happiness” at Atletico Madrid and has thanke the Argentine for his professionalism despite not always getting his wish of regular first-team football during his time at Manchester City.
Alvarez is close to completing a move to Atletico Madrid in a deal worth over £81million in total, with an initial fee of 75 million euro and 20m in add-ons amounting to a record sale for City.
It represents a significant profit on a player signed from River Plate in เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย his native Argentina for £14m and underlines Guardiola’s willingness to let unhappy players leave.
“I want to say my gratitude to Julian,” Guardiola said ahead of Saturday’s Community Shield against Manchester United at Wembley.
His two years here we won everything together and his contribution has massive, whether being part of the starting XI or not.
“He’s incredibly love by the team for his behaviour but like I said many times for many players, he wants to leave and have a new challenge.
“Atletico is a top club in Spain and Europe and when they suggeste to me that he wante to leave, imagine he stays here if he wants to leave?
“He playe a lot last season and in some moments with Erling (Haaland) but I understand in some important moments he thought he was going to play.