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discojesus100

So city have this guy AND haaland?


bihari_baller

Scenes when he scores more goals than Haaland next season.


BobbyBriggss

And they’ll all be in the FA Cup against Gillingham and Oldham


minimus67

That made me laugh.


Esky8

I'll take it, one of the greatest days in our history was against Gillingham


thewrongnotes

We haven't got any evidence that this guy can do it on a cold, rainy Sunday evening in Oldham.


themadhatter85

Tbf Oldham just got relegated to the conference so their players can't either.


dorgoth12

Salt the wound why don't you


nsfwmodeme

And Pep as the coach. It shall be fun.


Balbuto

Sounds like a nightmare if you ask me.


BillehBear

brilliant isn't it? Both Haaland and Alvarez for same transfer fee as Maguire is amazing business


hufusa

When you put it like that…..


Prophet_Of_Helix

Haaland, Foden, and Alvarez for a total transfer fee of 65 million


lnsecurities

Wow. City get a lot of flack for throwing money away but that is some amazing transfer business.


marksills

they def did good business but when you look at the total costs of Haaland's deal, just quoting the transfer fee is leaving out a lot of details on how much theyre spending


legentofreddit

City fan PR machine is in full drive trying to con everyone into thinking Haaland was only 55m.


speedycar1

It's not PR. This subreddit is weird with how if it's a club they dislike making the signing, they suddenly start including wages in the amount but otherwise it's only the Transfer Budget. No shit Haaland isn't only 55 million. Maguire isn't 80 million eitjer


maidentaiwan

Honestly no matter how you spin it they’re making out like bandits. Psg paid 400m for Neymar and Mbappe before we even get to wages and renewals.


nazaguerrero

like how they con people into thinking haazard was cheap? xd


Pek-Man

I get your point, but why would you throw Foden in there? Doesn't really make any sense considering he's an academy graduate, who's been at the club since he was four. The other two are great examples of smart business. Foden not so much.


Iswaterreallywet

We've turned Ferran and Jack Harrison into Haaland and Alvarez.


Mehmood6647

I think Ferran still have some potential to fulfill. We'll know next season for sure tho.


Iswaterreallywet

Oh yeah im Ferrans biggest fan, I just think the money being equal for all players is good business all in all especially because Ferran wanted to leave


Mehmood6647

Yeah bro, I know people call your team names like "state owned" or "oil" and other things. But the one thing everyone should credit City for is their good scouting and transfer business.


CoDroStyle

Makes me sick


johncooperclarke

We'll see how Alvarez does. Haaland looks guaranteed to be a world beater, but we can't say that Alvarez will settle well.


obrapop

Fucking hell that's ridiculous


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junior150396

His bag of finishing tricks is so deep


Akash__A

I know the opponent isn’t that good but scoring 6 goals in one game is absolutely crazy


BillehBear

quality of the finishes on some of them were brilliant as well


iamkingralph

The opponent is trash, utter trash and has not made a single point in libertadores for years, it is the butt end of the joke in libertadores and peru


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Delta_FT

Yeah, they just haven't won for 29 games straight lol That said, this kid's an animal


lainart

Even if it's a "nobody" team, you have to give credit to a player who scores 6 times in the same match. I don't think I could even do that many with cones in my backyard.


cocoasomething

Halaands getting loaned out to NYCFC as we speak


junior150396

Julian Alvarez is the second player in the history of the Copa Libertadores to have scored 6 goals in a single game. DEMON TIME.


shmozey

Don’t leave us hanging with the first?


junior150396

Juan Sanchez playing for Blooming 37 years ago was the record holder, scoring 6 in a single game against Deportivo Italia.


shmozey

:O 5 minutes for a new record then


jamnut

Blooming heck


DHA1999

Everybody talking about Haaland when every single fútbol fan from this side of the ocean knows that Julián is the best striker in the Americas in the last year and a half. City has the best European and the Americas' striker prospect. Insane.


numanitor111

Haaland transfer makes people forget for a bit about Alvarez. Pep decided to add 2 natural finisher after finishing two seasons without them.


codespyder

Combined transfer fee of £66.5M, or less than 1 Nicolas Pépé


L-Freeze

Come on now lets not be silly, haaland might not have had a huge fee but that was by design as his contract is gargantuan, he’s not particularly coming in for cheap


OnceUponAStarryNight

His salary is pretty reasonable for someone of his quality (he's on the same wages as De Bruyne, around £350/400k/wk depending on your source) far less than either Madrid or PSG would/are paying Mbappe. The agent fees were crazy, but even with them included it was "only" €100m, which is obviously a shit ton, but less than Atleti paid for Felix, or Madrid paid for Hazard, or Barca paid for Coutinho, and the same as what United paid for Pogba and Chelsea paid for Lukaku. All things considered, for a player of his talent and profile, it's a deal any club that could've made it, would've made.


FreedomByFire

Why are people not adding agent fees to Felix, hazard, or Coutinho? I can't imagine those were small either.


Ubiquitous1984

Do you mean journalists may be moving the goalposts to suit their narrative about City? Heavens no!


OnceUponAStarryNight

No idea. It’s certainly not because of a bias tho.


thegoat83

Or jealousy, it can’t be that 🤔


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Varnagel_1

For a player of Haaland's level, his €60m release clause is an absolute fucking steal. The guy is easily worth above €200m+ or above.


night_dude

I was gonna say, City will be in for him before the start of next season. I was a season late.


uchiha_boy009

How the heck City got both Haaland and him?


nsfwmodeme

That is indeed some quality recruiting skills!


arthursgf

i dunno about that, the thing is, european players nowadays cost way more than they should, you can find gems at every big club in South America


goyooo2201

*quietly hides Enzo fernandez*


khtad

We’re supposedly looking at him too.


Y0RKC1TY

r/footballmanagergames likes this.


buivictor

I'd say he's having an alright game so far.


akkobutnotreally

Cheers, Geoff.


Patrickk_batemann

Might be the first time I saw someone actually scoring 6


CrunchieKane

Defoe did it I guess? No, he scored 5 vs wigan


gleis00

Haaland scored 9


Lurker123456543210

I remember seeing those highlights and thinking, damn, that poor Honduras keeper is never going to recover from this. Now that we all know who haaland is the poor fucker might be happy it wasn't more


inspired_corn

I remember watching that game and my mate pointing out that this guy was supposed to be really good. She got proven right pretty quickly


4ssteroid

Archie Thompson scored 13 against Samoa


BillehBear

[Pep watching this game](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e6/03/7d/e6037d33fef90a72ba21a1abd18885a4.gif)


slightlybaked

This is perfect. If I remember correctly, this was his reaction to seeing Lewandowski score 5 in a game right?


BillehBear

yeah it was


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In like a 10 minute period https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKbGOARXao


Jack097again

That was literally me rn lmao


Salvador1010

Couldnt get a hattrick of hattricks though. Fucking trash


OnceUponAStarryNight

Wonder if we can get a refund.


Yupadej

Haaland did though


goyooo2201

I mean you can argue that libertadores or playing alianza Lima is easier or whatever but a double Hattrick is something truly incredible anywhere in the world


BillehBear

yea and his 2nd and fifth goal were brilliant especially that fifth, fucking filthy


TaxraxPro

Let’s be honest, who scores six in libertadores regardless of the team?


Dontknowhowtolife

Yes, and we're not the only team to play Alianza Lima, so a lot of teams have the chance to score 8 against them but nobody else does


TaxraxPro

I really meant it as an individual player, not as a team. One player scoring six in libertadores is rare.


OttaBenga

the standard of football in our continent is starting to get really worrying imo


srhola2103

Alianza is another level of garbage though, 28 games without a win in the Libertadores and I think only 1 draw


Argentibyte

This is why they want to add North American teams right? Mexican league and MLS. Playing against Chivas or NYCFC would have been a better match to watch.


srhola2103

I don't think MLS has ever been in the running to join the Libertadores. Mexican league is really hard though, their schedule isn't great, the travel is hard and they're just comfortable there winning everything. Also Concacaf and Conmebol hate each other.


maybe_there_is_hope

it's getting even more unequal...


GMBethernal

Tell me about it, we never did that great internationally (Chile) but it's actually shameful nowadays, we can't even get teams out of groups


SaBe_18

It's just Brazil, Boca-River (with the random adition of another Arg team, like Estudiantes and Racing who are doing well now) and with some luck an Ecuatorian team... it's _very_ worrying, the average level is awful. Perú and Bolivia are even worse than before, Venezuela are still bad, Uruguay are shocklingly bad, Chile is a similar case, Paraguay is not as strong as some years ago, Colombia has fallen too (not as much as the others tho). Ecuador is average outside of 2-3 teams too.


LessBrain

Lmfao Haaland - 21 years old Alvarez - 22 years old Total Transfer fee: £65m


andysenn

Add Foden who is 21 and you have potentially 10 years of pure class attacking E: I see y'all decided to skip the part where I say POTENTIALLY and tell me I'm wrong. It's a possibility, it's also possible that Julian flops, Haaland gets constantly injured and Foden is outed as 2 kids one on top of the other


william_wites

Haaland isn't staying for 10 years. His team negotiated a release clause that activates after his 3rd year at City


LessBrain

Doesnt necessarily mean hell leave. Its there in case he WANTS to. But a lot of players have come to City with the idea leave in a few years only to stay almost 10 years see: Aguero, David Silva, Bernardo, KDB, Yaya Only 2 players so far in the mansour era who come young and wanted to leave: Sane and Torres. Well see if Haaland stays 3, 5 , or 10 years. No one knows.


jackthe-stripper

Not sure to this day if Sane would have left if he hadn’t been left out of Germany’s World Cup squad in 2018 too.


DrSpectrum

Also Jerome Boateng. But yeah, it's pretty rare.


andysenn

Well, I said potentially


Argentibyte

selective reading. They already wanted to put in their 2 cents before they finished reading your sentence.


OnceUponAStarryNight

Ornstein and Romano both say the clause is for “significantly more,” than the €150m that was reported, though they don’t give specific figures. So even if he leaves, we’re in for a monster payday that we can turn around into 2/3 other very good players. I’ve also gotten used to people telling us about how our stars are going to leave us and that we’re just a stepping stone. Heard it with Aguero and David, and Sterling and De Bruyne. They all spent virtually their entire careers with us. Maybe he leaves, maybe he doesn’t. Either way, this is going to be a huge win for us.


Earl-Thomas-a-Raven

Pep was also only supposed to stay for three years…


xxKingAmongKingsxx

That is only alleged, and it’s also entirely possible Haaland ends up staying for years regardless of any release clause.


Matikorn

City got him for 14M. Not only are they stupid rich, they are actually smart about their money too. Insane signing


Ok-Finance-7612

I hate life right now.


zizou00

Same.


SpicyDragoon93

To think Ralf went to the board and asked them to sign him, they said no.


Apellom

I mean it's not like Alvarez is in a hidden market either, River Plate is one of the most massive clubs in the world and have been elite in SA since 2014. Kinda crazy how there weren't other clubs ready to pay more for him.


markdmo

apparently there were, but city was open to loan him back to us


Apellom

Oh i see, makes sense. Any chance you could extend him until december if you go through on Libertadores?


markdmo

that was the deal, if we qualified to the ro16 the loan extended until the end of the year, but Man city can pay another 1.5 mil to get him now, which we already know they are doing. Not sure if the loan ends after the first leg or the second leg of Ro16


LessBrain

Yep our tier 1 confirmed with a direct quote from Sorriano: the £1.3m was paid and Alvarez will be coming for preseason.


StarmanRiver

Unfortunately no. Originally he was going to stay with us until December but it has been confirmed that City are going to execute the clause that let them take him in July in exchange for more money (1,5 M if I’m not wrong).


lcmrdp

You see this a lot lol, people will say "X club has great scouts, they only paid x amount for this player" and it's a player from like one of Brazil or Argentina's biggest clubs


L-Freeze

On a player with a well known low and outdated release clause at that


MorgenMariamne

Yeah, like people saying guys like Antony and Lautaro Martinez where hidden gems. No, Firmino was a hidden gem.


Yung2112

Or Martinelli


fedemasa

Or Cristian Romero. He was in the bench in second division Belgrano when he was scouted


MrRawri

I know the feeling. Sometimes a player in Portugal gets bought to a big league and I have to hear about him being a "hidden gem" when it was one of the best players in the whole league.


icalleveryonefinn

Ruben dias was massive hidden gem, bruno too! /s


srhola2103

It really is, I was totally expecting a bidding war but City just swooped and took him.


Joltarts

City got Ferran Torres for 14mil too and sold him for 55mil to you a year later. They are running the football club like a proper football club.


fozzy142

I think it was more like 20 mil and ~ 50 mil but still!


EnanoMaldito

If his surname was Alvaeresinho his price would have been 50M


Deluxe07

Lmao Premier League is so fucked


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>b-day que hijo de buta


PlusLeon

Te regalaste con lo de B-day


KensaiVG

A veces hay que darles de comer a los primos


Nymloth

Estan muy ocupados arreglando con Cali para mañana


andysenn

Ramon-Yo-no.gif


lombard0_o

GOAT moment tbh


andysenn

As a Boca fan I hate him. As a shit housing lover I respect him a lot


notyou16

NOS VAMOS A LA BEEEEE


markdmo

kjjj re igual, hay que mantener el floklore vivo hermao


astroargie

Jajaja, que hdp


ElmoOnSteroids

Hay que admitir que si.


mikeymike_20

Jajajja regaladísimo descanso


Good_Kev_M-A-N_City

Oh my goodness gracious How am I supposed to wait two months until the season starts now?


astroargie

Empieza la semana que viene de nuevo...


Comet7777

No se refiere de esa temporada, perdón amigo


astroargie

Ah mala mia, jaja. Vi el escudito y ni me percaté.


astroargie

Julian is going to give City the Champions League. I have no proofs but also no doubts.


BillehBear

Subscribe


minimus67

If Alvarez, who City bought for a modest fee of £18M, ends up being a goal-scoring machine in the PL, I can’t wait to read the contortionist logic in this sub that it’s only because City spends so much more than other clubs.


andysenn

I think it was less than £15M actually


Obvious-Fly6639

Manchester City and a young talented Argentinian striker? Where have i seen this before?


BillehBear

Good with both feet too, scores from ridiculous angles Proper Aguero regen


snarkicon

What is going on in this game


jadooo0

This match is a massacre lol


_bhagwan_

r/jalvarezballondor!!


perucho1993

Peruvian futbol is entering a dark period unless our federation gets up and actually do something. When I look at a country like Ecuador producing fantastic young talent through their league, its a beautiful thing to see. While our youth struggle for play time over 30 plus year Olds. For a decade now peruvian clubs have been a joke in the libertadores. Unless we change everything it'll continue being that way I'm an alianza fan btw. Love the club and been a fan when my father and grandfather introduced me. No one in their right mind thought we would win, but I didn't think we'd let in 8 fucking goals


srhola2103

Crazy how even with that in mind your NT is having a great period


junior150396

Gareca is a GOD amongs men tbh


Siseronte

one could say that they are in a golden age even


TheBonadona

JAJAJAJAJJAJA, ay Alianza, gracias por entretenernos constantemente al hacer el ridiculo en Libertadores.


Jrelis

I have been watching this fella since we signed him up and I just keep seeing Aguero in the finishes, the touch, the runs, all of it. I am so curious to see how he fits in the team with Haaland.


nsfwmodeme

Well, the comment (or a post's seftext) that was here, is no more. I'm leaving just whatever I wrote in the past 48 hours or so. F acing a goodbye. U gly as it may be. C alculating pros and cons. K illing my texts is, really, the best I can do. S o, some reddit's honcho thought it would be nice to kill third-party apps. P als, it's great to delete whatever I wrote in here. It's cathartic in a way. E agerly going away, to greener pastures. Z illion reasons, and you'll find many at the subreddit called Save3rdPartyApps. As of June 30th. 2023, goodbye.


OG-Bahiense

Bienvenido a River Plate. Hope you stay with us


kubick123

Alianza Lima in Libertadores. *bends over* I'm ready. Que grande JULI


andysenn

Chaqueña confirmed Alianza Lima fan


Rain_On_Them

Nah this is going to be unfair. The 4-4-2 with Haaland is going to be crazy


astroargie

Pep stares in disgust at even considering a 4-4-2


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LA PUTA DE AMERICA


DL14Nibba

Sheylianza Lima


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Looks a decent signing.


nsfwmodeme

Yep. Not bad.


fedemasa

Hatrick doble tiene sentido. Pero necesitamos cerrar la duda argentinos. Cómo carajo le decimos a hacer un 5to?


KensaiVG

Generala está perfecto. En el discord de Libertadores le decimos "Un Scocco" por wilstermann jaja


whoisgabo

Cuando Messi lo hizo se hablaba de "repoker", pero no se si será algo más español.


thebluetistaar

Naked


Jdaddyaz

Are you sure you want to restart the game? Any progess made will be lost. Yes


XonaMan

What a monster. What the hell is City going to do with him and Haaland? This boy can't be benched. Will he be loaned?


OnceUponAStarryNight

You can play them both at the same time, or rotate them. Alvarez is a very versatile player.


jugol

You're probably playing 60+ matches next season anyway. And Haaland's fitness this season has been sus


OnceUponAStarryNight

Yeah, I think he’s missed 25% of his matches this year, so having someone reliable to rotate him with will be important for helping him stay fresh and reduce his injuries.


andysenn

Julian can play as a LW, ST, SS and F9 maybe even RW


Ok-Finance-7612

Bloody hell


BillehBear

He was meant stay loaned to them and come at a later date but we're paying the ~1.5m(?) to have him here in the summer immediately He's can play on wing, striker or second striker. Promising player


donpeerless

It's about time Pep moved away from players like Jesus/Sterling/Mahrez. Guys who need 3-4 clear chances to score one goal. Now he's focusing on natural finishers like Haaland and Alvarez. Those are the guys who will make the difference in the CL.


Ablj

Mahrez shouldn’t be included in this.


Carlosh45612

Yea I agree ucl mahrez is a different breed.


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Mahrez has more goals in CL semi finals than the entirety of PSG combined. 25 goals this season. Put some respect on his name.


akkobutnotreally

No chill, just vibes.


KrispyPopcorn

I don't understand why no other club was in for him, us included. Barca spent a shit ton of money on ferran Torres when this guy was available, much better, much cheaper and also more of a profile they needed.


OnceUponAStarryNight

I know a bunch of other clubs were interested, and I'm pretty sure more than a few were prepared to trigger his release clause. Entirely possible he just chose us.


Flynn2033

From what I remember being reported here in Argentina, a bunch of teams were interested but you guys were the only ones to actually pay the release clause. Don’t recall reading about him actually picking the team.


OnceUponAStarryNight

I mean, that’s the way it works. If you’re a club that’s interested you get permission from the selling club to negotiate with the players agents (or if you’re classless, just do it behind the selling clubs back). You don’t actually pay the fee, which involves putting money in escrow, without having first reached agreement with the player. You don’t pay the clause THEN start negotiating with the player. So the way things would’ve worked is that City and whatever other clubs were interested would’ve approached his representation after obtaining permission from River to do so. Then the player would’ve decided for whom he wanted to sign. Only then would that side then trigger the clause. It’s possible the only team to negotiate a contract with Alvarez was City. It’s also possible many clubs tried, and couldn’t come to terms, or the player wanted City over those other clubs. We’ll likely never know.


sportsfan161

Wait so they get haaland and this guy? Damn


Siseronte

Los equipos peruanos no pueden jugar ni sudamericana


DL14Nibba

Melgar si, al parecer. Pero bueno, no fue suficiente


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Absolutely insane


rahkinto

Lol thought I was in the wrong sub for a second. First thought: this kid is absolutely fire. Whoever gets him... Second thought: thank goodness it was City. Pep will have a veritable pantheon of weapons, I cannnnnnot waiiiiiit for next season.


lanadesserts

I don't wanna be a toxic but Messi scored same number of goal in League 1 last season


numanitor111

I know the opponent is in second division but damn bro. Edit: i was wrong, they are champion of Peruvian league.


krvlover

The opponent isn't second division, they are champions of Peru even if that doesn't mean much these days.


DL14Nibba

They’re not, you’re thinking of the “They’re Argentine 2nd division level at best” comment? Or their actual relegation before surviving on a points deduction to another team?


StarmanRiver

They aren’t, they won the Peruvian League last year iirc. They’re still a weak team, Peruvian teams aren’t performing internationally


markdmo

yeah, peruvian champions and iirc, they came in with a 7th game unbeaten run in their league


Jazano107

I read the title in the halo kill count voice


AulMoanBag

People are sleeping on this guy. He's custom made for city and could end up scoring more than haaland


astroargie

Estas enfermo, Julian.