Guardiola says new signing will arrive at Man City this summer – “Smells like goals… goals are worth money”

Argentine outlet Olé released their new podcast this week, and it only took them a few days until they could feature someone really important on it.

Journalist Veronica Brunati managed to have a chat with Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, who had a long conversation which included a lot of South American football.

One of the obvious topics in the interview was the signing of Julian Alvarez.

The River Plate youngster was bought by the Premier League side earlier this year, and continues to feature for the Buenos Aires giants until he gets the green light to move to England.

Quizzed about when the move will actually happen, Guardiola pointed out the faith he and Manchester City have in the striker’s future, and also commented on some features he can help the club with.

“If we sign him, it’s to have him with us. There is a fundamental question: we believe that he is a player for us. Julian smells like goals and goals are worth money. At City they saw him as an opportunity for the future, in the next preseason he’ll be with us,” Guardiola told Olé.

“I see him on TV but I want to see him on the grass with his teammates, with what we want him to do… If we weren’t convinced we wouldn’t have bought him. We want him yes or yes. The reports we have are exceptional. He moves in short spaces and how he finishes, it is something very difficult to find.”

So even though many claims from the Argentine media claimed Alvarez could spend the entire year with River Plate, it now seems Guardiola has different plans for him, willing to take him to Manchester City this summer.