Should Julian Alvarez LEAVE Manchester City? | ESPN FC

When as halaad delivered in a big match? ... Alvarez is better especially in a big game.

It’s crazy to think that you feel bad for a player who has won a lot of trophies in almost every competition for club and country at the age of 24 and that’s the reality of Julian Alvarez’s situation at Manchester City. For the sake of his footballing career, it’s a no brainer for him to leave that club this summer because a player of his caliber is too good to a be a backup player and has to play on a team where he’s guaranteed first team football. I know there’s a stat that says that “Alvarez played the most minutes out of any player on Manchester City last season, it makes no sense for him to want to leave the club”, if you’re a person who just looks at statistics to try and make a point and push an agenda about a player’s situation, you’re absolutely delusional because yes he had a great season where he had 19 goals and 13 assists 32 G/A in all competitions and he played a lot of games, but context is the most important thing here. People need to realize that from August to February, they were without Kevin De Bruyne their most influential player for the first half of the season, Erling Haaland missed a month of football due to injuries and this meant that Alvarez was playing every game and most of the time when he was on the pitch, are we forgetting that he was playing out of position and as soon as both of them were fully fit, he was relegated to the bench. If you’re watching the games with your eyes week in week out, you would know that as long as Haaland is at Manchester City, he won’t be their first choice striker over him because as terrible as his linkup play can be, at the end of the day, he’s guaranteed to score goals and this puts him in a situation where he’s on the bench and playing in a position that doesn’t suit him. Assuming this team has everyone fully healthy there isn’t any room for him in their best starting lineup. If the stat was accurate about him playing more minutes than any other player on the team, we wouldn’t be talking about him leaving the club, what I’m saying is that whether Alvarez goes to Atletico Madrid or another club, he deserves to be a starter elsewhere.

Yes, he has too much potential. Two time Copa America winner, World Cup winner -- he needs to go to a team that makes him a primary option.

I don’t think he’s asking to be first choice,when halland was having a bad game against Real Madrid there was no reason for him not to come in

Fact - Alvarez played more Premier League minutes than Haaland last season.

He won World Cup and Copa America+ same trophies that Haaland won. He deserve to be main man and first player on the sheet in a club that guarantees him to start every game.

If he wants guaranteed consistent playing as a forward. What a lot of people are misconstruing about his playing time last season is that De Bruyne’s long absence with a hamstring injury and Haaland being out for several months created substantial playing time for Alvarez that won’t exist this season unless injuries happen again. Which could very well happen again and then open up another big opportunity to play again. But if he wants to be the out-and-out number 9 at a club, it’s not happening for him so long as Haaland is there.

ESPN full of bricks

Atlético de Madrid could be a great option 👍🏽

Grealish had what 2 maybe 3 good months in how many years with City? And by good I don't mean amazing. I mean good as in he wasn't terrible.

This is this type of player Liverpool is meant to sign as a striker not the.....[sighs]🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

Julian is not a role player Kay!!! Top 3 in goal scoring on Man City?? Doesn't sound like a role play to me!!!!

He stopped scoring and was wasting chances. How is that Pep’s fault?

Aren’t you the same guys that said city plays better with Alvarez?😊

Alvarez should go to arsenal

After everything he’s won with Argentina you can understand why he feels he should be getting far more game time, but with Harland ahead of him a move away is probably his best option. There will be plenty of clubs willing to give him what he wants. Plenty of players would be happy picking up a big salary and getting a winners medal for something you’ve played only a bit part in winning.

Pep does not trust him. When KDB got back he went back to the bench he should’ve played against Real Madrid

Alvarez would have to leave because he would continue to be a back up player when everyone is fit and he will be playing out of position most times, he can move to one of the big clubs in Europe and would be first choice in everywhere else except in city. He would have been a fit for Barca but actually they are not in any position to make that happen.

Yea, he should go to Barca

Alvarez would be a great fit for Liverpool