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As Julian Alvarez continues to be River Plate’s main star, every time there’s a conversation with a club personality, there are a few questions about the centre-forward.

One of the topics discussed is obviously his transfer to Manchester City. Following an agreement in January, the player is set to join Pep Guardiola’s side in the summer.

Now as TyC Sports managed to speak to club idol Fernando Cavenaghi, the former centre-forward had a few words about the youngster who’s now succeeding in his position.

“I saw him in the reserves, I followed him in the youth leagues. It’s not my characteristic. He’s a complete player, he usually goes down the flanks, wears out differently and on top of that he added the goals,” said Cavenaghi (via TyC Sports).

“That makes footballers worth much more. He runs, presses, creates free kicks and had a tremendous scoring streak. He’s on another level than Argentine football.”

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Regarding the Manchester City move, Cavenaghi points out Alvarez will have a different challenge once he gets to England.

“Now he has to prove it in Europe. He’s sky-high in confidence and he’s earned a place in the World Cup.”

Manchester City spent €17m to take Alvarez from River Plate, and let him stay on loan at the Argentine side until July. Now as he enjoys his last few months at the Buenos Aires giants, he’s leaving a good impression with five goals and one assist in eight appearances this season.