{"id":207458,"date":"2024-08-08T17:31:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T17:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/08\/how-man-city-plan-to-replace-atletico-madrid-bound-julian-alvarez\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T17:31:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T17:31:40","slug":"how-man-city-plan-to-replace-atletico-madrid-bound-julian-alvarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/08\/how-man-city-plan-to-replace-atletico-madrid-bound-julian-alvarez\/","title":{"rendered":"How Man City plan to replace Atletico Madrid-bound Julian Alvarez \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Manchester City will not necessarily dip into the\u00a0transfer\u00a0market to replace Julian Alvarez, preferring to promote from within to fill the Atletico Madrid-bound Argentine\u2019s place in the squad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alvarez is on the cusp of an \u00a381.5m transfer just two years after his arrival from River Plate, having significantly contributed to City\u2019s success during that time with 54 goals and assists in 103 games.<\/p>\n<p>He performed in multiple positions and was the first point of cover for both Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne, both of whom missed games through injury in 2023\/24. But\u00a0<em>90min<\/em>\u00a0understands that, rather than quickly going out and spending their windfall on a direct replacement, City\u2019s priority is to assess their internal options and reward existing players with more game time.<\/p>\n<p>Academy graduate James McAtee has already been touted for a role by Pep Guardiola, having given a glowing review of the 21-year-old attacking midfielder, who can operate as a false nine, last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love to keep him next season with us, because he\u2019s a special guy to play in small spaces, in the pockets, and we don\u2019t have many,\u201d the manager said. \u201cHe\u2019s a player I have a high, high opinion of, and I would like if he can insert properly with the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/01j4q93ptm1j6e37z198.jpg\" alt=\"James McAtee\" title=\"James McAtee\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>James McAtee is on course to benefit \/ Stephen Nadler\/ISI Photos\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>McAtee spent the last two seasons on loan with Sheffield United across the Championship and\u00a0Premier League, gaining invaluable first-team experience in 75 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>New signing Savinho is another option to cover the shortfall from Alvarez\u2019s exit, as is Oscar Bobb. The latter is admired by Chelsea, but\u00a0City\u00a0don\u2019t wish to sell and the situation is not the same as Cole Palmer\u2019s last summer as the 21-year-old Norwegian already sees an opportunity to play more.<\/p>\n<p>City didn\u2019t ideally want to lose Alvarez, although the \u00a381.5m fee for someone who wanted to leave is ultimately good business because it is almost six times the \u00a314m they originally paid in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>There had been speculation about a potential swap deal with Atletico Madrid involving Joao Felix, who spent last season on loan at Barcelona. But there was never any discussion over such a deal, while the money coming in could be reinvested in a midfielder instead. Newcastle United\u2019s Bruno Guimaraes, who has become a cult hero at St James\u2019 Park and is a symbol of the club\u2019s rapid rise from relegation scraps into European contention, is still of interest to City.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City will not necessarily dip into the\u00a0transfer\u00a0market to replace Julian Alvarez, preferring to promote from within to fill the Atletico Madrid-bound Argentine\u2019s place in the squad. Alvarez is on the cusp of an \u00a381.5m transfer just two years after his arrival from River Plate, having significantly contributed to City\u2019s success during that time with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Man City plan to replace Atletico Madrid-bound Julian Alvarez \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/08\/how-man-city-plan-to-replace-atletico-madrid-bound-julian-alvarez\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Man City plan to replace Atletico Madrid-bound Julian Alvarez \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manchester City will not necessarily dip into the\u00a0transfer\u00a0market to replace Julian Alvarez, preferring to promote from within to fill the Atletico Madrid-bound Argentine\u2019s place in the squad. 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