THE SIGNING WAS FOR €20M
The day that Barça let Julián Álvarez 'escape'
Josep Maria Minguella, ex-representative of Julián Álvarez, confessed that the 22-year-old footballer had been offered to FC Barcelona before arriving at Manchester City from River Plate
Julián Álvarez is conviertiendo in one of the stars of the World-wide of Qatar although only it has 22 years. His takeoff with the selection of Argentina is being sensacional and speech of a player that arrived to step strong in the world of the football. Already it had left a few 'details' of quality in the Manchester City, where has remained in second plane by Erling Haaland, but with the albiceleste is with which has destapado.
In Qatar, sum four goals up to now, one less than the two maxima goleadores of the tournament, Leo Messi and Kylian Mbappé (5). In the semifinals, against Croatia, signed a performance sensacional and carried a doublet of prize to certify that it is one of the big stars of the combined Argentinian in this tournament.
His big takeoff has caused the wail of a few teams that wanted to do with his services, but that did not achieve to surpass to the Manchester City. However, now it has gone out to the light that the FC Barcelona had in tray his traspaso before that the 'citizens', as it has desvelado his exagente Josep Maria Minguella in Onze of Esport3.
It has desvelado that offered the services of the ex of River Plate to the technical office of the Barça in January of the past year and showed the proof with a conversation of WhatsApp with Mateu Alemany, director of the area of football of the club, in which it commented him that the clause of rescission of the agreement of Julián with the Argentinian picture was of 20 million euros and that there was possibility to do a payment funded.
And it is that, besides, the priority of Álvarez was to follow in its footsteps Leo Messi and join to the picture of the City Condal. However, the Barça never arrived to negotiate like such by the born footballer in Calchín. Of there that they appeared teams of the Series To and, finally, the Manchester City to do with his traspaso.
The Barça fichó to Ferran Torres
Although they were offered practically at the same time, the Barcelona club decanted by the option of fichar to Ferran Torres from the picture of the 'sky blues'. The entity chaired by Joan Laporta finish disbursing 55 million fixed euros more other ten in variables to do with the services of the attacker been born in Foios.
