Julian Alvarez could be on the move this summer amid reports that the Manchester City star is in want of greater game-time assurances, and Arsenal have been linked.
The striker lifted the Copa America this summer, a year after completing the Treble and 18 months after lifting the World Cup. Yet with Erling Haland leading the line for City, Alvarez is second choice.
His 31 starts in the Premier League mostly came as a result of Kevin De Bruyne’s injury, with Alvarez beginning just two of the club’s ten Champions League games en route to the quarter-finals.
Pep Guardiola – who has never stopped a wantaway player from leaving – is unlikely to be able to give promises over game time and so a summer exit could be on the cards. Of course, the path from the Etihad Stadium to the Emirates Stadium has been well trodden in recent years.
Oleksandr Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus both made the switch south, with Jesus leaving Man City for the same game-time reasons being attributed to Alvarez, albeit had a lower ceiling of potential and was older.
A report from the Mirror claims that an £80m price tag has been slapped on Alvarez. In reality, that price might be too steep for Arsenal and it is thought Mikel Arteta is preferring another wide player anyway.
