Manchester City's forward player, Julian Alvarez has responded to Pep Guardiola's statement concerning the future of the Argentine at the Etihad Stadium ahead of the 2024/25 season.
Julian Alvarez was speaking in an interview about his future at the Etihad while on international duties with Argentina at the Paris 2024 Olympic games. The 24-year-old, who has scored 36 goals in 2 seasons, has expressed his displeasure for playing second fiddle to Erling Haaland in most of the league games for Manchester City.
Alcaraz was reacting in an interview that he doesn't like to be left out of big games despite getting a lot of minutes last season.
"Last season, I was one of the players with the most minutes at City. But in the end, you don't like being left out of important matches; you want to contribute. I will take my time to think about what I want for myself. We will see after the Games. First, if I can, I will take a few days off. Then we will decide."
Guardiola was asked about Julian Alvarez's comments during Manchester City's pre-season tour.
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He said,
'I don't think about replacing. I knew he said he will think about it, once he has finished thinking, his agent will call Txiki [Begiristain] and we will see what happens. I know he wants to play important moments, yeah. But the other ones [do] too. 18, and 19 players as well want to play the big games. 'I read he wants to think about it. Okay, think about it and after that he will inform us what he wants to do.''
Alcaraz was asked about what he thinks concerning Guardiola's comments.
He responded,
"I never said anything bad, I just said that I was going to think about it like I do every season to make an analysis of what happened last season, a projection of what may come. I always say that I am comfortable and happy at City, which is a great club. So I didn't say anything bad."
City signed Alvarez has been a key part of the Manchester City team since he joined from River Plate in January 2022 for £ 14 million but loaned him back for the rest of the season
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