One of the jewels of the World Cup in Qatar was the Argentine Julián Álvarez and in Europe he also managed to carve out a space with just 6 months at Manchester City and with an Erling Haaland as a starter at an excellent level. The striker has received praise from everyone including his manager Pep Guardiola, now it was the turn of his club captain Kevin De Bruyne.
De Bruyne admits that his talent was already being talked about before Julián’s arrival, but seeing him at his club surprised him even more. “When he arrived at the club, they talked about this young talent from Argentina and from the beginning we realized that he was a very talented player,” said the captain.
The Belgian did not have a good World Cup and his team was eliminated in the group stage, however he highlighted the work of his clubmate with little time to adapt in the Premier “You don’t know what can happen when players come from South America, but he already looked like an adult gamer playing for us. I’m happy for him, he’s a very nice boy and very shy. But he can call himself world champion, that will fill him with confidence and he will feel great”, expressed De Bruyne.
The Argentine has had few minutes with Manchester City but has been able to take advantage of the opportunities and already has 3 goals in the Premier League in just 351 minutes played. “Maybe he had a feeling that he could have played a little more, but the more the season goes on, the more and more he plays. In fact, he has scored quite a few goals”, highlighted the midfielder, referring to the excellent work of Álvarez.
Numbers from another planet
The main reason why Julián has not been a regular starter with Manchester City is the incredible form of Erling Haaland, who already has 24 goals with his new club’s shirt and De Bruyne also praised him for the numbers of another planet that carries “He’s close to 200 goals, so he’ll probably score 600, 700 or 800 if he doesn’t get injured and does things properly. He is a striker of the highest World level ”, closed the Belgian.
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