“I never said anything wrong all I needed at Manchester City was more playing time” – Julian Alvarez responds to Pep Guardiola’s latest comments on his Manchester City future
The future of Manchester City striker Julian Alvarez is still up in the air, but he has replied to Pep Guardiola’s most recent remarks during a news conference.
Asking about Alvarez’s early remarks on his future at Manchester City, the head coach of Etihad Stadium faced questions as speculation over whether he would stay in Sky Blue for the upcoming season grew, with Atletico Madrid’s interest gaining traction.
Despite knowing that he played a significant amount of minutes for the team the previous season, the 24-year-old said he believed he should have played in some of the more crucial games and that it was unfortunate that his coach had kept him out considering how well he scored goals.
After the Olympic Games in Paris this summer are over, Alvarez will consider his club future. Pep Guardiola, at his own news conference on Monday night, answered, saying, “I know he wants to play in critical times, but the other players too.”
Eighteen or nineteen of our guys want to participate in the big games. I’ve read that he needs to consider it, so all right, contemplate it and then let us know what he decides to do.
After Argentina’s 0–2 Olympic triumph over Ukraine on Tuesday afternoon, Julian Alvarez was asked if he had heard Pep Guardiola’s most recent reaction to his original remarks regarding his future at Manchester City. He responded to the question in an interview with TV Publica.
“Yes, I have heard Pep Guardiola’s remarks.” “I have nothing much to say,” Alvarez remarked. “I never made a bad statement. I’ve always claimed to be quite content and at ease at Manchester City.
“It was basically a study of the previous season and a prediction of what would happen next,” he said. That was it.
“That’s what I meant when I said that we constantly think about it, just like I do every year. That concludes our discussion.
It is now unclear if Atletico Madrid would intensify their own pursuit of the former River Plate forward, as Manchester City is reportedly looking to pay an initial transfer cost of about €70 million, with an additional €20 million in add-ons.
It is still possible that representatives from City might make negotiations with Atletico Madrid even more difficult by insisting on favorable terms, including a buy-back or sell-on percentage, as has been the case with other previous Etihad departures.
If Manchester City and the team from the Spanish capital can’t come to an amicable agreement, the league winners will probably go to the transfer market to find Julian Alvarez a worthy successor.
