Following the reports today saying Manchester City are making an attempt to sign Julian Alvarez from River Plate, the Argentine sports media are barely talking about anything else.
Among the many stories about the potential transfer, we now see TyC Sports coming up with a couple of pieces on the future of the striker and the Buenos Aires side.
They first feature a story on Alvarez, claiming the ‘bomb exploded’ on Friday with the reports of Manchester City’s two bids.
They say even though none of the offers match the player’s release clause, there are ‘serious chances’ he’ll move to Europe.
It’s once again claimed that the first offer is for Manchester City to sign him now and loan him to another European club. The other is to wait and only take him in June.
In another story, TyC talks about the potential replacements that River Plate have in line for Julian Alvarez’s position, listing several candidates.
They say ‘the alarms went off’ at the Buenos Aires club following Manchester City’s offer, regardless of when he’d complete the move, and now the pursuit for new signings intensify.
So even though it’s still not clear if River Plate will accept the bid or not, the word in Argentina is that the club are already preparing for his farewell.
