Manchester City have accepted an £81.5m proposal from Atletico Madrid for Julian Alvarez.
The fee is made up of an initial £64.4m with a further £17.1m in potential add-ons.Manager Pep Guardiola had been keen to keep the 24-year-old and the Spaniard said earlier in August that he "counted" on Alvarez ahead of the start of the season.But, as has been the case in the past with Ilkay Gundogan, Riyad Mahrez and Aymeric Laporte, City will not stand in the way of a player who wants to leave.
Atletico, who have also agreed a deal to sign Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher, are yet to agree personal terms with Alvarez.Alvarez won the Treble during his first season at the Etihad and the striker featured during Argentina's 2022 World Cup victory in Qatar midway through the campaign.Alvarez's status at Manchester City was going to be an issue from the moment he won the World Cup with Argentina in 2022.
Having arrived from River Plate as an unknown for a relatively small fee earlier in the year, Alvarez had made 20 City appearances – but fewer than half were as a starter. The reality was that he would never displace Erling Haaland as a number nine, so he would have to either compete with the likes of Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Jeremy Doku, Bernardo Silva and others for a wide berth, or accept a role as back-up. And his enhanced status meant the latter option was not going to work in the long term.For City, it could mean a greater involvement for 20-year-old Brazilian new boy Savinho than was initially expected following his £30.8m arrival from Troyes.
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