Julián Álvarez broke the silence, what he said about leaving Manchester City

Julian Alvarez had an ideal 2022/23 season. Newly arrived from River Plate, he did not need much time to get used to the Premier League and quickly earned a place in Pep Guardiola's consideration. In fact, in his debut with Manchester City, he scored the goal in the defeat against Liverpool for the Community Shield.

Throughout the season he had a lot of participation with the Citizens, playing a total of 49 games and scoring 17 goals. In addition, he was champion with the Argentina National Team in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, where he played all the matches and scored 4 goals.

However, he could never become a regular starter in Guardiola's lineup, as he competed for a place with Erling Haaland, the star of the team and the top scorer in the history of the Premier League in a single season. This situation led several clubs in Europe to consider Alvarez as a possible signing for this summer, tempting him with the possibility of having more involvement than at Manchester City.

Real Madrid and Bayern Munich were the most interested teams, although they have him as plan B in case negotiations for Kylian Mbappé and Harry Kane fail, respectively. Now the journalist Fabrizio Romano informed what is the player's decision: "Understand Julián Álvarez's camp does not consider any loan deal as possibility for this summer. No chance. Also, Man City extended his contract as they are very happy with Julián".

Guardiola looks for new players

Despite being Champions League champions, the Citizens lost one of their stars, Ilkay Gundogan, who decided not to renew his contract and left as a free agent for Barcelona. Bernardo Silva, who is wanted by PSG, could also leave. That is why the coach has asked for signings. He already has midfielder Mateo Kovacic and could add Samuel Iling Junior from Juventus and Josko Gvardiol from RB Leipzig.