Julián Álvarez

Cardio Man was a bad transfer because he played a similar role to Messi. It was a dumb transfer of a top class player, which no doubt Griezmann was, and at times still is.
 
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Coutinho, Griezmann and Dembele are like ex girlfriends. When you move on they call you to fuck with your brain, like Griezmann did in CL, or FFP shit.
Hope we won’t go broke again if go all in for Alvarez. Don’t want another name on the infamous list.
 
Spending 100+ on any player is going to end in the same exact way as Dembele/Coutinho/Griezmann.

Huge expectations where the player is set up to fail.

After all the hard work to get into a better financial standing we would just piss it all away
 
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mantyrunner said:
Spending 100+ on any player is going to end in the same exact way as Dembele/Coutinho/Griezmann.

Huge expectations where the player is set up to fail.

After all the hard work to get into a better financial standing we would just piss it all away
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Yeah, it's not even about position and those comparisons with Arda and Griezmann.
 
Just get him man. Screw everything else

Pure, unfiltered excellence. Technically, physically, defensive contribution and pressing

I guess his only flaw is that he is short and not very good at heading the ball. But we are not Juventus. Crossing is maybe 5℅ of our attacking combinations. Yamal will find a way to create for Alvarez
 
His short height makes him so agile, would be a way better fit than Osimhen and his fks are insane too
 
However unlikely, if by some miracle, we have the money and Atletico are willing to sell Alvarez, we should not hesitate for even a second. Imagine how he would cook at Barcelona next to Yamal and Raphinha.

You can even call him a signing that will improve the defense. Fit Alvarez and Raphinha in press, not easy to play from the back with these two.

I don't even care that much if he scores fewer goals vs smaller sides compared to a more traditional no9. All I want is a clutch player to show up in big games with great goals and be willing to press constantly, and Alvarez checks quite a few critical boxes for Flick ball.
 
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He needs a top tier attacking team to fully unlock his goalscoring ability. He has to do too much at AM.
 
He would obviously score tops for us, but so would most top strikers under flick ball.

But this transfer isn't happening definitely not this summer
 
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He's not the perfect player for us on paper. But when you see the situations Ferran ends up in during games, you think a player like Alvarez would do much better with the ball both in terms of linkup and finishing. It's only a question of Alvarez having the proper movement of a number 9 to make use of our attacking creativity.

With that said, I wonder if it's all just media bullshit or if his name is actually on our list. Because there is no realistic chance of us signing him unless there is an affordable buyout clause which I doubt. Atleti can easily tell us 150m or fuck off, and they can do it next year and also the year after that. His name should be discarded early, if it already hasn't been.
 
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