Man City may not need to look for Alvarez replacement this summer?
- Manchester City have won the 2024/25 Community Shield.
- Pep Guardiola uses many young players on the pitch
Many are wondering whether Manchester City, the giant club in the English Premier League, will find a new striker to replace Julian Alvarez, the Argentine striker in the 2022 World Cup winning team. Who is about to move to Atletico Madrid for 81.5 million pounds.
However, in Saturday’s Community Shield. Where City beat Manchester United 7-6 on penalties
(1-1 after regulation time), Pep Guardiola has open up about why the team let Alvarez go. Even though he could be a key player for the team this season.
However, in that game, Guardiola chose to ufabet https://ufabet999.app use young players such as 21-year-old winger Oscar Bob , 21-year-old midfielder James McAtee and 19-year-old midfielder Nico O’Reilly as starters, including 20-year-old Brazilian winger Savinho. Who just join Man City last month, to play in the last 30 minutes.
Guardiola said after the game: “They have a great standard. I know that, especially McAtee. I’ve known him for a long time and he plays very well. And Oscar, we saw last season, they have confidence. We like them and we can rely on them.”
“Oscar has brilliant as he has throughout the pre-season and McAtee is a player we can look forward to. O’Reilly is a clever player. I think it will be a good experience for them.” Manchester City were on the verge of a fourth successive defeat in the Community Shield after
Alejandro Garnacho gave United an 82nd-minute lead, before Bob showed some excellent skill to break through and lay off Bernardo Silva for a header that would go on to win on penalties.
Despite the win, many are concerned that Guardiola has yet to replace Alvarez.
Who joine from River Plate in 2022 for £14m and has impressed, scoring 20 goals in 67 Premier League games as the club won back-to-back titles.
Former Scotland striker and now pundit Ally McCoist has said: “I would be very disappointed if Manchester City don’t replace Alvarez. You can’t go into the season with just one centre-forward.”