THE ARGENTINE HAS LOST LEAD
Barça must take advantage of Julián Álvarez's delicate situation at City
Barça, which is looking for two strikers, has to closely follow the situation of Julián Álvarez at Manchester City. The attacker has been ostracized and can be a great market opportunity
The FC Barcelona has followed carefully the present of several players that can reinforce the staff of Xavi Hernández of face to the future. Although the right side and the position of pivote have to be bent, the true is that Robert Lewandowski also needs a substitute of guarantees inside the plantel after the exit of Memphis Depay.
Vitor Roque Is one of the artillerymen that more likes to the sportive direction because of his enormous projection and to the good performance that has showed in the last months. To his 17 years, went the maximum goleador of Brazil in the Sudamericano Sub-20 with six so many and is in the list of the best clubs of the continent. However, in the dispatches also would have to be very attentive with the sportive present of one of the most important footballers of the World-wide past of Qatar.
It treats of Julián Álvarez, the leading centre of the Manchester City. The ex River Plate landed in the Etihad Stadium in return of 21.5 million euros and since has been the second of Erling Haaland in the alignments of Pep Guardiola. Although it has contested 29 meetings in what it goes of season, the true is that his leadership to mermado in the last meetings of the 'citizens'.
'The Spider' has remained in the bench in five opportunities in front of important rivals like Newcastle, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal. Added to this, hardly played 2' minutes in the tie 1-1 against the Nottingham Forest and did not step the lawn of the Network Bull Sand in League of Champions in front of the RB Leipzig, what shows that the confidence of the technician in him has diminished.
Millionaire price
Although his nine goals and two assistances in 1.361' minutes in all the competitions turn him into a solvent footballer, for the Barcelona his incorporation would have several problems of by half. The main is the subject of the Fair Play financial of LaLiga and that at present his value of market oscillates the 50 million euros, a very elevated figure for the financial situation in the Spotify Camp Nou.
On the other hand, the club will need to reduce his mass salarial to a large extent and also concretise an important sale that him of margin of manoeuvre during the market. Julián is an important candidate to dress the elastic Barcelona but no an absolute priority due to the fact that has a valid agreement until 2027 and the English will not put easy his exit. Anyway, it will be necessary to see which sucede in the following months and if his situation worsens inside England.