He's Messi's favorite youngster, shone in Qatar, now this secret about him got leaked
The world champion came close to joining another Premier League club before joining Manchester City
Julián Álvarez shone at River Plate before making the leap to European football, where Manchester City was his destination. However, before signing for the current Premier League champion, there was another English team following in the footsteps of the 'Spider'. Finally, they refused to hire the world champion and now their DT is sorry.
While Pep Guardiola is questioned for having Julián on the substitute bench, David Moyes, West Ham's coach, revealed the anecdote of when the Argentine team was close to the box where Manuel Lanzini plays. However, he rejected the opportunity to have one of the figures of the Albiceleste in the World Cup in Qatar.
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The former Manchester United manager recalled the day he refused to hire the Copa Libertadores champion. “A year ago our talent scout told me: ‘you should go for Julián Álvarez from River Plate. I decided that he was not the one we wanted. We had Michail Antonio who was doing very well, ”he said in dialogue with The Diary of a CEO podcast.
The decision that marked the career of Julián Álvarez:
After the frustrated transfer to West Ham, it did not take long for the offer from Manchester City to arrive, which finalized the arrival of the world champion in mid-2022. Despite the fact that he is not a starter under Pep Guardiola, Julián has grown exponentially since he joined in England and this allowed him to take the place in the World Cup from Lautaro Martínez and be key to the achievement of the title.