Julián Álvarez celebrates his birthday with a wink at River: “It would be nice to meet again”

On his 24th birthday, Giuliano Alvarez It has an infinite number of glasses with which to celebrate during the toast. And she’s still going for more. Being a key piece at the front of the Manchester City From Pep Guardiola While making a name for himself in the demanding Premier League, Ethe Frog he spoke of the exceptional present he is going through, of the future arrival of the little devil Echeverri as a partner and the possibility of facing River short term.

With 14 titles in his still short career, highlighting the brand new Club World Cup and the triplet obtained with City (Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup), without forgetting the World Cup in Qatar, Julián does not lose the desire to continue winning medals. “One always imagines or has his dreams or goals. The first thing was to adapt to Manchester City and be up to par, then the World Cup and the same thing. “I’m very happy and proud,” she said in an interview Objective.

The person born in Calchín, from Cordoba, was not aware of the typical adaptation time that is normally necessary when landing in Old World and he has already scored 30 goals since arriving in England. To the point of becoming a fundamental person in coach Josep Guardiola’s project, where both had fun and managed to build a “good relationship”.

“Pep is one of the best. I have always admired him a lot, I grew up watching Messi’s Barça with Pep as coach and I always admired what he was achieving. Having him as a coach is a privilege“, confessed the striker, who continually receives praise from his coach.

And of his debut he said: “Obviously I knew it was my first season and that the team was doing very well, so I always tried to take advantage of the minutes I had and that’s what happened.”

Also this season, given his skills as a second striker, the world champion has repeatedly had the opportunity to form a fearsome attacking duo no less than Erling Haaland. “I think we showed that together we can do great things to help the team, You can see it on the pitch, but the statistics also demonstrate it in terms of goals and assists”He explained.

“I always say that playing with the best players makes you better. Erling is one of them”He continued.

Within the squad, at the end of the year the arrival of Claudio Echeverri as reinforcement. It will be a new Argentine to be added and he will do it in the same way as Julián: by landing directly from River. This is why Álvarez did not miss the opportunity to refer to his future partner: “Even though he hasn’t added many games with River yet, I’ve seen it. He has a lot of conditions and a lot of future ahead of him. I wish him the best”.

El Diablito will expand the large list of Argentine players with a past at Manchester City, starting with examples such as Sergio Agüero and Carlos Tevez. “There have been many players who have been successful here and have done very important things“says Julián, explaining that this problem pushed him to choose the English team as the ideal place to write his story in Europe. “Being in Argentina, I saw it as one of the best clubs in the world in recent years. When I found out that they were interested in me, I never doubted”.

Likewise, Spider can’t help but refer to River when it’s his turn to talk about the current affairs of the club and the continuous promising youth that it promotes. “The fact that guys who have shared youth teams can go out and be successful in their careers makes me very happy. As a River fan I hope the boys continue to come out and the club wins titles.“said the attacker The Staircase.

In this sense, the consultation on a possible cross-breeding was born River wearing the City shirt. In what context would you like it? In the new Club Super World Cupnothing less.

“As a fan I wish River the best and always hope he does well, so it would be great for us to meet there“He admitted.

Furthermore, he took advantage of the situation to recall his two participations in the Club World Cup, with River in 2018 and a few months ago with Citizens, when he managed to leave his mark by scoring and beating Fluminense in the final. “We couldn’t win in 2018, so I saw it as an opportunity for revenge and a title that City didn’t have. Helping the team with two goals was beautiful, something we will never forget. And something historic for the club ,” he said.

But like Julián’s mentality, the line of thinking of Guardiola and company remains steadfast: you have to keep winning. And what could be better than repeating last season’s hat-trick. “I think we can get it“, said the 24-year-old from Cordoba, who recently turned.

And he said: “In the last months of the season we are fighting in all competitions, we are doing well as a group and I think we can do it.”