Just hours before Real Madrid vs Manchester City, the worst news Guardiola received from Spain

Real Madrid and Manchester City will face each other this Tuesday at the Santiago Bernabéu for the first leg of the Champions League semifinals. Although the spotlight will be on the match, the truth is that information about Julián Álvarez emerged in the preview that involves both teams.

The journalist Ekrem Konur announced that the 'Merengue' is interested in the Cordoba striker given the difficulty of signing Erling Haaland. The board of directors led by Florentino Pérez sees in Julián the ideal replacement for Karim Benzema and wants to take advantage of the fact that it is difficult for the Argentine to take the position of center forward from the Norwegian at City in the short term.

It is known that Madrid is completing a position-by-position replacement in the squad and, after the practically closed agreement with Jude Bellingham for the midfield, the only position that would need to be renewed is that of '9'. Álvarez already showed in the World Cup that he is made for big events and in Manchester it would not seem that they are taking full advantage of it.

Is there a chance that Julián Álvarez will play for Real Madrid?

The chances are not nil, but they are very unlikely. Although the 'Spider' has not yet won the undisputed starting position in Pep Guardiola's eleven, the reality is that the club trusts him and considers him a key player in their project, so much so that they recently renewed his contract until 2028. For this reason, Real Madrid would not point all its cannons at Julián and is already thinking of some alternatives.