Manchester City manager Josep Guardiola has made the signing of Julián Álvarez by Atlético de Madrid "official". The Santpedor -born manager informed in a press conference that both clubs "already have an agreement" for his departure from the English club. The Catalan publicly understood the Argentine's desire to leave the "skyblue" team.
According to Sam Lee , the former FC Barcelona coach confirmed the arrival of the Calchín player in Madrid. "He wants to leave and Atlético de Madrid is a top club, so we wish him the best. Good luck to Juli, we have won everything, we love him very much," he said.
Julian will arrive in Madrid on Sunday
In this way, although the club has not yet made it official on its social networks, Pep Guardiola is already beginning to say goodbye to "the Spider". Julián Álvarez remains in Ibiza on vacation until Sunday, when he will travel to Madrid . Monday will be his official presentation as an Atlético de Madrid footballer, passing a medical examination and signing his new contract.
The Spider arrives at Cívitas Metropolitano after a very intense summer, in which Diego Pablo Simeone did not let him breathe. As reported by MARCA , the coach has called the Cordoba native many times. He is clear that he wants him to be his spearhead in the new project, and the striker is very excited about this new challenge.
Simeone and his power of seduction
Once again, Diego Pablo Simeone has convinced a fellow countryman, as he did with Nahuel Molina when he was at his best at Udinese . Nahuel was wanted by all the big names in Serie A and by some important European teams. The seduction of the Atlético coach, with the mediation of Leo Rodríguez , did the rest.
In the case of Rodrigo Javier de Paul , he was one of the great midfielders in Serie A during his time at Udine . Diego Simeone set himself the goal of attracting him and pairing him with Koke in the Atletico midfield, and that's what he did. Rodrigo de Paul is another of the keys to Julián 's arrival at the Atletico club; he literally got on his nerves in every training session with the Albiceleste team.
Giuliano Simeone another piece of the puzzle
The Argentine has already welcomed his compatriot with a story on Instagram , in an image hugging the ex- River Plate striker . Another of the players who influenced the Calchín native was Giuliano Simeone . Diego Pablo Simeone 's youngest son knows the striker well from his time at the millionaire club, they are three years apart.
They were both on the Argentine Olympic team and were called up to the senior team at times, despite the age difference. Giuliano is so excited about the arrival of Julián Álvarez that he put his departure to Deportivo Alavés on hold to be able to share a team with the top scorer.
Julián Álvarez will become the second most expensive signing in the history of the club, adding fixed and variable. He surpasses Thomas Lemar and is only behind João Félix , a historic signing, who the club are counting the hours to see gallop down the Metropolitano sideline.