If Alvarez was British these guys would be screaming that this is a massive bargain and he should be £150M ..Even bang average players like Grealish is £100M how much more Alvarez with a better talent
@@eL--RaL Alvarez and Grealish are valued at nearly the same price in the transfer market because Grealish is a homegrown player and minimum homegrown quota rules have created a separate transfer market. Homegrown player’s transfer market prices are artificially inflated because British players only make up about 30% of the Premier League these days and each side is required to have a minimum number of homegrown players. So homegrown players with actual utility have more "value" per player in their smaller market. The maximum squad size per club is 25 players. There is a maximum of 17 non-"homegrown" players allowed in each club. Which means that in a full squad of 25 players, there must be at least eight homegrown players. And 8 divided by 25 comes out to 32%. Which just so happens to be the homegrown percentage of players in the Premier League. Without the homegrown quota the reality is virtually the entire league would be non-British players at this point.
It was interesting to watch when Messi and Ronaldo were there. Let's be honest. Mbappe will be interesting for a little while until the novelty wears off. Olmo to Barca and Alvarez to Atleti is really not all that interesting.
@alanduncan1980 as It stands la liga has more stars than the epl. Not only is the best young player in the world in la liga (lamine) but also the best player on the world (mbappe). Add that to the fact that alvarez can become the best striker in the world kinda like what Suarez or Lewandowski were during the messi and cristiano era. The only thing happening in the epl is haalands Manchester city, and even haaland will depart next or the following season to either la liga or serie a.
Rice and grealish is better then Messi because their English. Bellingham will win 9 ball’dor because he’s English and plays for Madrid. Cole plamer will join LA galaxy and win CL for LA galaxy
@Pmrace1960 Giving up Cole Palmer was a mistake by City. But if you've seen Oscar Bobb play, you'll understand why City let Palmer go. Bobb is an absolutely incredible talent, destined to be a superstar. His skill, his speed, his confidence, his versatility, his technical quality - an unbelievable player who City has no choice but to make room for on their first team. He's a gem from their academy.
They have the players to do it but don't forget that Papa Perez already paid all the refs and VAR so it will be very hard when Real Vardrid will be gifted every point by the refs
I'm really disappointed with Mario's opinion because I was expecting the other two to be unaware of Simeone and how Atlético played last season, but not him. Atlético did a great job offensively, scoring 70 goals, creating 121 big chances (only 2 fewer than Real Madrid), and hitting the woodwork 18 times (same as Real Madrid), etc... but they were terrible defensively. It’s clear they haven’t watched a single Atlético game recently, as they’re still discussing Atlético’s style from 2-3 years ago. They also claim João Félix was ruined by Simeone, but that's not true. Joao had many opportunities but was very inconsistent-sometimes due to injuries every 3-4 games, and other times because he performed well only once every 5 games. This inconsistency was also evident at Chelsea and recently at Barcelona. Is that also Simeone's fault?
LFC fan here, I don’t understand why these guys always happy to repeat that Foden is the best player in PL but du ting that Alvarez can be a star & difference maker to Atl Madrid! Even as a winger. He can put his mark on the league and develop even more under Simone
If Alvarez was English he'd worth 150 million... Now these pundit's are downplaying him😂... Wherever he goes Alvarez will score a lot of goals he is a top top player...
Homegrown quota rules have created a separate transfer market for English players. English players transfer market prices are artificially inflated because English players only make up about 30% of the Premier League these days and each side is required to have a minimum number of homegrown players. So homegrown players with actual utility have more "value" per player in their smaller market. The maximum squad size per club is 25 players. There is a maximum of 17 non-"homegrown" players allowed in each club. Which means that in a full squad of 25 players, there must be at least eight homegrown players. And 8 divided by 25 comes out to 32%. Which just so happens to be the homegrown percentage of players in the Premier League. Without the homegrown quota the reality is virtually the entire league would be non-British players at this point.
You can tell they are playing both sides of the conversation. If they only praised him then there wouldnt be much to talk about. Alvarez will score goals but bro his stats indicates he's a farmer. In big games where he can be a leader he doesnt show up. He has something to prove more than goals.
Its funny how these brits tone change when talking about Gallagher vs Alvarez. You are worth what a team is willing pay. Julian is great signing considering his playstyle of high work rate and off ball movement + his finishing. Wont have kdb giving crazy passes anymore but I think he will have a good season.
You people are all missing the key point here. Alvarez's priority is Argentina. And he knows that in order to keep his place in the Argentina squad, he needs continuity. He is not the kind of player to remain in his comfort zone and be content to win trophies he hasn't really been a part of. As Mario says, he's a very versatile player, but that doesn't mean that he can play a different role every week, and then be given a vote of no confidence when the big games come up, like Pep did. That will kill any player's motivation. As for his role at Atlético, he can very well play as a double striker with Sorloth, who is strictly a box striker. Alvarez can play anywhere up front and even fall back and engage with the midfielders if necessary. This makes it very hard for defenders to peg, because you never know where he's going to show up. I wonder if it ever dawned on Robson that his versatility is precisely his main talent. There are a lot of one-trick ponies out there, Haaland among them, and you need one or two of those in any team. But versatility adds a lot of value, especially when you're playing in several simultaneous competitions. In a team like Atlético under Simeone, known for playing defensively and on counterattack, Alvarez could very well prove to be lethal with space, given his speed, quick and smart decision-making, and skill with the ball. Just take a look at his solo counterattack goal against Croatia at the WC. There was no stopping him. He may not be Messi, but he played and trained with him, and he's smart enough to learn from the greatest. And last but not least, as an extra bonus, he'll be playing with 4 of his teammates from the Argentina squad, whom he knows very well.
I think Alvarez is actually Griezmann’s eventual replacement. Once Griezmann is too old to be starting, Alvarez will become Atletico’s focal point in attack. But even now, Alvarez is good enough to play in front of Griezmann.
I agree. Not to mention that he'll be in sunny Madrid vs rainy Manchester. He'll also be speaking in Spanish, so it will be better for him & his family (though I think he was already learning English - I hope he'll continue to do so.)
I don't think the national team was a factor in his decision to move to Atletico. It's clearly a lifestyle choice. He will be in a country where they speak his native language, and he'll be working alongside many of his Argentine compatriots. He was getting games for Argentina while he was at City, so, he's definitely not leaving City to improve his chances to play for Argentina. He's a household name in Argentina at this stage.
Just picture this: Alvarez instead being at a rich club that wins trophies constantly and is one of the favorites to win Champions League, decides to go to a club that barely wins anything and is never a favorite for the Champions, just and only because he wanted to play more. How many playes do that move?
Atletico are a huge club won more trophies in the past 15-10 years than arsenal. Going to atletico he will start live in a nicer coutry make more money
Rob is clueless. Alvarez is top, especially when it comes to finishing. AND, he played A LOT last year. He didn't play in his preferred position at no. 9, so that's probably why he wants to go (because he understands that Haaland is still better than him at no. 9), but saying all that bs about him not playing big role in the team is complete nonsense. He was one of the best players of the whole CL group stage, and then he was second best player only behind Messi for ARG at the World Cup.
I heard that comment from Rob and I just laughed. I don't think there are many players from the EPL who had as many goals and assists as Alvarez in all competitions last season. They can't fathom really good players leaving the EPL in my opinion
These guys are underselling Alvarez and Atletico as a unit. Atleti's main problem recent years is that the centerbacks have struggled. I think LeNormand is a huge signing. Alvarez is also a great striker, at at time where there are so few strikers, and Sorloth is also good. They have three great goalscoring threats now. I don't think we'll win the league, but I think a second spot is very doable.
I mean Griezmann played on the wings at Barcelona and all the talk was about how that's not his best position. So whether it's Alvarez or Griezmann, we'll have player not playing his best position
As a Madridista, I'm side-eyeing Atle with an awful lot of concern right now. Remembering that they were the only team to beat us last season, I am concerned they might find some consistency and be very hard to stop :/ Barca signing Olmo however feels like it might be a panic buy: couldn't get Nico so grabbed whomever they could
Do ESPN FC realize there a lot more players out there than Julian Alvarez? This show needs to really expand its subject matter topics and stop talking about the same players, coaches, and clubs non-stop.
He is not even a top 10 striker in the world. He reminds me a lot of Gabriel Jesus that City also pushed out the door. He is a player that like Gabriel Jesus gets around 10 league goals per season (11, 9 and 11 goals last league).
At this point, I have to come to terms with Barcelona signing Dani Olmo. The way in which this football club is ran and managed genuinely needs to be studied because on paper, it’s a good signing since he’s an excellent player who’s criminally underrated and is coming off the back of some brilliant performances for the Spain national team during their title winning run at the EUROs as he was the joint top scorer of the tournament and he is incredibly versatile and can play in both attacking and midfield roles and he’s going to add another option to their team since having depth and quality is important in a long season where they’re going to be playing a lot of games meaning that these teams need to rotate their squad regularly, he also gives them a different element in attack something that was lacking at times last season, but from a footballing perspective, unless they’re able to have success in La Liga and the champions league and they make it all work, I really don’t see how this signing makes sense. As good of a player he is, given the financial situation they’re in, he doesn’t fix some of the issues that they have and they’re paying 60 million for him, Barcelona still have some holes that needs to be addressed as they’ve yet to properly replace the greatest CDM of all time as they don’t have a proper defensive midfielder or an elite winger. A lot of people will say that “Olmo will play as a number 10” which is his best position, but when everyone is healthy; they already have Pedri Ilkay Gundogan and Fermin Lopez who are all capable of playing as attacking midfielders, meaning that they’re going to be in a situation where they paid a lot of money for a player only for him to play out of his natural position since he can play out wide, but he’s not a winger. Also, are we forgetting that the guy is injury prone, he consistently misses a chunk of games in a season as he’s always injured and he isn’t consistent, Barcelona’s biggest issues have been injuries recently and they already have enough inconsistent players and they’re adding another injury prone player to a team with players who struggle to stay healthy. Because their initial plan was to sign Nico Williams and they won’t get him, he was their backup option and it’s a gamble that could either work or prove to be a detrimental signing for the team. He is an academy graduate from La Masia and he has been linked with a return to Barcelona in recent years and it’s always a great thing to see a homegrown player return to the club and obviously in Olmo they’re getting a talented player who’s an absolute baller and he has the potential to succeed there especially if he stays fit.
You people makes reading comments more difficult than it should be. I am bored by seeing the shear enormity of these comments, I don't know how people get time or maybe I am just a lazy typer
Felix was an impulse buy from the club and not Simeone. Alvarez will fit his style of play perfectly. What Athletico needs are defender's and midfielders who will work. Barcelona need to go back to La Masia or they'll end up as the City of Spain.
Alvarez may have not started the FA Cup final and UCL big matches but how sure is he that Atletico will get as far as City. He got a lot of minutes last year, I think he wants to be a star striker and live in Spain.
He barely played in the group stage of the Champions League last season, despite having an important role in the 3 comebacks City needed to win. He probably didn't like that, it's very demoralizing to give your all for the team and not be taken into account even in the group stage when kdb was injured
Athletico is actually looking dangerous this season their not Real Madrid or Barcelona standard yet but this season la liga is cooking 🔥 way more than Prem.
Gallagher should start in a 4-3-3 with 2 holding midfielders. He's a midfield engine, highly useful in both ends of the field (more so attacking). Alvarez will start most matches but Sorloth will get his share of starts as the manager should Rotate as much as possible to keep the players fresh and hungry. Nowadays with 5 subs allowed no player should feel hard done by if not starting but getting in off the bench for 25-30 min of action in almost every match.
Where have they gotten the idea that atleti is gonna play alvarez as a winger? They have been playing with either a 5-2-2-1 or a 5-3-2 formation, so he'd either be playing a second striker or behind the striker, these people are so clueless🤦♂️
I think the panelists were so disrespectful to Cholo Simeone when he has been the only manager to break the duopoly of La Liga and failing to recognize that Félix’s problem is a battle with himself! Why do you think a club would send a £120 million attacker on loan in two consecutive seasons?!?! Félix is crazy inconsistent, and I can say that even when I am a fan of his too… Simeone can adapt accordingly and keep true to these younger players that are still malleable, especially Alvarez and Gallagher.
Alvarez chose a much better city, a much better weather, a place where he can speak his mother tongue and very alike his culture and way of living, and a club with a beautiful stadium, starting to built the best training area in Europe, inside the city, and chances to compete in the last stages of champions league and la liga.
So you pay 100 millions for shitty players and that's ok, but you pay 95 million for a player who has been performing consistently, he is overpaid? ESPN FC, watching how you have been doing sports journalism I think it's time for me to move on to a different channel.
I will say that Barca should have tried for him even if it didn’t end up in signing him but rather to establish interest. This would be good considering that Lewy does have that much time left bc of age and would be great to have Alvarez to replace him once lewy can’t start anymore and good since Alvarez would have some experience already playing in LaLiga with Atlético to then later transfer to barca.
Dani Olmo’s only inconsistent is with his fitness problems, he don’t go missing in games. He could play at both wings and he’s the best attacking midfielder Barca got now in terms of his goal scoring ability and creativity. A lot of people are saying Barca should have signed a defensive midfielder, they don’t because there are two clever defensive midfielders they would gamble on in Bernal and Casado.
Alvarez already completed football so he knows it will be extremely hard to win anything in Spain because Papa Perez already bought the refs and VAR for the whole season
Lmao saying Alvarez is nothing special is a joke. Literally was close to becoming the too scorer in the wc. Alvarez is good at everything. He can create, score and cover. He is a perfect fit for Athletico but as a striker. And you guys asking a lineup it can be a narrow lineup. 2 no.9 backing up with griezeman as a cam.
Joao Felix has done nothing anywhere in his career, yet everyone talks about him like his the next Leo Messi. He's a decent player, but was never up to the standard of any of the clubs he's played for. Somehow the ESPN crew rates him above Alvarez, but I don't see it.
Men they are assuming everything like he will play at wing attlatico like to play with 2 strikers so he can play striker and as 10 like Griezmann or price is maybe 10-15 m hogher but he is a class and more potential than many strikers right now in the world
Imagine if agüero had to play on the same team as luis Suarez, both in their prime. They are both 9s, it’s just bad luck and honestly a greedy waste by the club to have two players of that stature who only could play 1 at a time bc of their positions.
How many goals did Stewart Robson score? The young midfielder spent more than eight years at Highbury, playing 186 matches and scoring 21 goals. talks like he knows more than Scaloni , De la fuente Simeone .... FOOLISH ARROGANT
If Manchester City put in a great bid for Antoine Griezmann, that will explode the transfer market. Griezmann and Haaland is absolutely unplayable! And Atlético will be absolutely baffled by that option.
The devaluation of Alvarez’s quality by mostly English pundits is exactly why he is leaving. Being 2nd fiddle another player makes any player seem not good enough even if they could very easily be the starting player at any top 4 European club team. Imagine if Neymar was stuck on the bench whenever Messi played… I’m not comparing playing styles but rather than people fail to realize that Man city did something that many other teams don’t do, keeping an elite starting player as 2nd string. The reason they could do this was because of their recent strategies for recruitment in South America where they have been eyeing key players in their teenage years and keeping them under contract while they play their last few years in South America (aka what they did with Alvarez and now with Echeverri) so it guarantees that they have those players while not ringing tons of alarm bells to other clubs that they spotted someone great so that other clubs can come in with counter offers. So they score these TOP global transfers for the original low price from years ago bc they quietly identified them earlier and locked them in a contract.
I'll tell u what Pep will have taken out of Felix. NOTHING, as Xavi or Chelsea did, Joao has a big problem by himself, the way the team plays is just an excuse. And, I've to admit, that I had huge expectations and support him until he did not work in Barcelona.
I'd say Alvarez playing with Sorloth would be really great. He's the kind of guy who could definitely play with a big chonky striker. He's the better Felix for Atletico considering he's super hard working in the same role although he may not be as technical he's super physical and will work for Simeone.
Whi are these people😏 I think any team would love to have alvarez in their team barca, utd, chelsea, liverpool, psg, juventus, ac milan. He’ll score 22-28 goals this season in la liga✅ with 7-10 asists too.
A. Madrid got their pants pulled down with this one. He’s going to be next Morata. Comfortable in a winning team and is expected to be more than a system player. Alvarez is super talented but not worth more than 50-60 million.
Athletico Madrid plays in CL almost every year and has not won many. With this new signings it must win the Cup/La Liga/CL otherwise Simeone will be under pressure.
Alvarez is worth every single penny, mark my words that little magician will deliver, diego simoen has to use a 433 formation this season to get the best out of the lads.
Going into the start of every season, nobody takes Atletico Madrid seriously as actual contenders to win La Liga even though under Diego Simeone they’ve won some league titles here and there, off the back of a subpar season, they’ve made some moves in the transfer window so far hoping to compete for the title this season. On paper, they’re nowhere close to being on the same level as Real Madrid, I personally think that Barcelona are slightly better than them even though we don’t know what their team is going to truly look like under Hansi Flick, they’re a team that isn’t short of talent and they have strengthened the squad with the potential signings they’ve completed and are about to make. They’re not known for playing the most attractive brand of football, sometimes it has been good enough to get results under him. They’ve signed Robin Le Normand and Alexander Sorloth, someone who’s an excellent defender and we saw how good he was with the Spain national team at the EUROs and they have one of the top scorers in La Liga last season and in their attack, they’re adding Julian Alvarez who’s a very good striker and has completed football despite being 24 years old and Connor Gallagher is also joining and while he’s not a world class midfielder, Simeone values his profile as a player and he suits the way he wants the team to play. As I said before they have some existing talent on this team as well. Even though he’s getting older, Antoine Griezmann is their best player and he has been in terrible form in the last 12 months, Rodrigo de Paul is an elite midfielder and is a key player on a team that has won 3 consecutive international trophies, Jan Oblak has gone through a decline in the past couple of years, on his day, he remains one of the best goalkeepers in the world, Molina is an underrated fullback. We don’t expect them to win the league, but Atletico Madrid have more than enough quality in their squad to challenge for La Liga against the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid and make a deep run in the Champions League because they shouldn’t be settling for 3rd place every season and if these new signings can fully click and settle in the team combined with their core players being in top form and Simeone is able to get the best out of everyone, I could see them achieving big things next season.
4:27 Don are you smoking crack? Why would they sign Sorloth when they don’t have a striker and then bench him. It makes no sense. Alvarez, Sorloth and Conor will all start together
Man city signed a below average player like Grealish for 100m. pounds and all these analysts say he is worth it. Well let me inform you all that Athletico Madrid will make plus that 90m amount just at his presentation. So he is with more 95m than a lose electron like Grealish. Watch Athletico Madrid this season they are really going to be contending as winners for every trophy this season
11:58-12:01 Don is quite terrible at making final table predictions before season starts. Yes Atletico will get close to Real in final table. I predict them to finish 2nd, ahead of Real and behind Barca. And yes, Ancelotti to get sacked. Aha, bad prediction the other day about Serie A. Milan will finish higher than Inter this time out, in fact I pick them to win that league. It's not All about quality of squad you know.
Mr Robson why is he not worth? When Jack grealish was bought for 100M by city n he did nothing. Whereelse Julian is class player n a soldier of Messi the Goat
La Liga is going to be fire next season 🔥
Every league seems interesting going into the season. Aside from the Prem…
*this* season. Next season is 2026
La liga of the stars is on its way back. The saudi oil and Russian mafia crumble the other of things
Ikr. Can't wait to see Romeu dominate this season. 🔥🔥
@Flipcrash right? I mean it's less than 2 weeks away! 😂 Next season is next year 25/26
If Alvarez was British these guys would be screaming that this is a massive bargain and he should be £150M ..Even bang average players like Grealish is £100M how much more Alvarez with a better talent
Midarez owes his career to Messi, Haaland and the world cup referees. Average at best
@@Preminger442 kid slipped in that tap in merchant like we wouldn't notice 💀😂
@@eL--RaL imagine twerking for Nico Williams to join your club for months then he rejects you
@@Preminger442 Your ignorance is driven by your ridiculous bias.
@@eL--RaL Alvarez and Grealish are valued at nearly the same price in the transfer market because Grealish is a homegrown player and minimum homegrown quota rules have created a separate transfer market. Homegrown player’s transfer market prices are artificially inflated because British players only make up about 30% of the Premier League these days and each side is required to have a minimum number of homegrown players. So homegrown players with actual utility have more "value" per player in their smaller market. The maximum squad size per club is 25 players. There is a maximum of 17 non-"homegrown" players allowed in each club. Which means that in a full squad of 25 players, there must be at least eight homegrown players. And 8 divided by 25 comes out to 32%. Which just so happens to be the homegrown percentage of players in the Premier League. Without the homegrown quota the reality is virtually the entire league would be non-British players at this point.
Olmo to Barca
Alvarez to At Madrid
And Mbappe to Real Madrid
La Liga gonna be interesting to watch
Hopefully niko Williams stay put in bilbao. Valencia needs to wake up and zaragoza as well as deportivo need to come back to the first division
@@Dr_Diazas long as peter lim is there valencia wont be back la liga needs sevilla back
It was interesting to watch when Messi and Ronaldo were there. Let's be honest. Mbappe will be interesting for a little while until the novelty wears off. Olmo to Barca and Alvarez to Atleti is really not all that interesting.
@@alanduncan1980 ok epl fanboy
@alanduncan1980 as It stands la liga has more stars than the epl. Not only is the best young player in the world in la liga (lamine) but also the best player on the world (mbappe). Add that to the fact that alvarez can become the best striker in the world kinda like what Suarez or Lewandowski were during the messi and cristiano era. The only thing happening in the epl is haalands Manchester city, and even haaland will depart next or the following season to either la liga or serie a.
If Rice and Grealish are worth their transfer fees, then this is a bargain for Atletico Madrid
Rice and grealish is better then Messi because their English. Bellingham will win 9 ball’dor because he’s English and plays for Madrid.
Cole plamer will join LA galaxy and win CL for LA galaxy
this is another sale pep might regret........
@@Pmrace1960 no point in keeping a player who wants to leave
@@elpatron6915 totally agree but its still one which he might think i should have tried harder to keep him...he has said he wants him to say
@Pmrace1960
Giving up Cole Palmer was a mistake by City.
But if you've seen Oscar Bobb play, you'll understand why City let Palmer go.
Bobb is an absolutely incredible talent, destined to be a superstar.
His skill, his speed, his confidence, his versatility, his technical quality - an unbelievable player who City has no choice but to make room for on their first team.
He's a gem from their academy.
i think Atl Madrid is gonna shock this season. ssimeone is a genious
They have the players to do it but don't forget that Papa Perez already paid all the refs and VAR so it will be very hard when Real Vardrid will be gifted every point by the refs
@@Prasko131how can they compete with Negreiralona is the real question
Sure
Learn to spell
The only loss Real Madrid had last season was to Athletico Madrid so this is a good addition
I'm really disappointed with Mario's opinion because I was expecting the other two to be unaware of Simeone and how Atlético played last season, but not him. Atlético did a great job offensively, scoring 70 goals, creating 121 big chances (only 2 fewer than Real Madrid), and hitting the woodwork 18 times (same as Real Madrid), etc... but they were terrible defensively. It’s clear they haven’t watched a single Atlético game recently, as they’re still discussing Atlético’s style from 2-3 years ago.
They also claim João Félix was ruined by Simeone, but that's not true. Joao had many opportunities but was very inconsistent-sometimes due to injuries every 3-4 games, and other times because he performed well only once every 5 games. This inconsistency was also evident at Chelsea and recently at Barcelona. Is that also Simeone's fault?
Espn don’t know anything about football let alone Spanish football.
Yes the Defense still worries me gimenez looks washed and Witsel is declining.
This bald guy talking down on Alvarez is clueless, HE IS A WORLD CLASS STRIKER.
Actually, the bald guy is right.
You don't have to have a hair on your head to see what is clear in front of you.
Alvarez is not special.
LFC fan here, I don’t understand why these guys always happy to repeat that Foden is the best player in PL but du ting that Alvarez can be a star & difference maker to Atl Madrid! Even as a winger. He can put his mark on the league and develop even more under Simone
If Alvarez was English he'd worth 150 million... Now these pundit's are downplaying him😂... Wherever he goes Alvarez will score a lot of goals he is a top top player...
Homegrown quota rules have created a separate transfer market for English players. English players transfer market prices are artificially inflated because English players only make up about 30% of the Premier League these days and each side is required to have a minimum number of homegrown players. So homegrown players with actual utility have more "value" per player in their smaller market. The maximum squad size per club is 25 players. There is a maximum of 17 non-"homegrown" players allowed in each club. Which means that in a full squad of 25 players, there must be at least eight homegrown players. And 8 divided by 25 comes out to 32%. Which just so happens to be the homegrown percentage of players in the Premier League. Without the homegrown quota the reality is virtually the entire league would be non-British players at this point.
Not a top 10 player😂😂
You can tell they are playing both sides of the conversation. If they only praised him then there wouldnt be much to talk about.
Alvarez will score goals but bro his stats indicates he's a farmer. In big games where he can be a leader he doesnt show up. He has something to prove more than goals.
150 million is Vini, Mbappe, Haaland, and Jude territory bro.. Alvarez not touching that level rn
Sorloth will out produce Alvarez
Its funny how these brits tone change when talking about Gallagher vs Alvarez. You are worth what a team is willing pay. Julian is great signing considering his playstyle of high work rate and off ball movement + his finishing. Wont have kdb giving crazy passes anymore but I think he will have a good season.
Horrible British Imperialist bias.
You people are all missing the key point here. Alvarez's priority is Argentina. And he knows that in order to keep his place in the Argentina squad, he needs continuity. He is not the kind of player to remain in his comfort zone and be content to win trophies he hasn't really been a part of. As Mario says, he's a very versatile player, but that doesn't mean that he can play a different role every week, and then be given a vote of no confidence when the big games come up, like Pep did. That will kill any player's motivation.
As for his role at Atlético, he can very well play as a double striker with Sorloth, who is strictly a box striker. Alvarez can play anywhere up front and even fall back and engage with the midfielders if necessary. This makes it very hard for defenders to peg, because you never know where he's going to show up. I wonder if it ever dawned on Robson that his versatility is precisely his main talent. There are a lot of one-trick ponies out there, Haaland among them, and you need one or two of those in any team. But versatility adds a lot of value, especially when you're playing in several simultaneous competitions. In a team like Atlético under Simeone, known for playing defensively and on counterattack, Alvarez could very well prove to be lethal with space, given his speed, quick and smart decision-making, and skill with the ball. Just take a look at his solo counterattack goal against Croatia at the WC. There was no stopping him. He may not be Messi, but he played and trained with him, and he's smart enough to learn from the greatest. And last but not least, as an extra bonus, he'll be playing with 4 of his teammates from the Argentina squad, whom he knows very well.
I think Alvarez is actually Griezmann’s eventual replacement. Once Griezmann is too old to be starting, Alvarez will become Atletico’s focal point in attack. But even now, Alvarez is good enough to play in front of Griezmann.
I agree. Not to mention that he'll be in sunny Madrid vs rainy Manchester. He'll also be speaking in Spanish, so it will be better for him & his family (though I think he was already learning English - I hope he'll continue to do so.)
This comment is far more objective than those a$$clowns sitting in the studio
@@kitty_s23456💯
I don't think the national team was a factor in his decision to move to Atletico. It's clearly a lifestyle choice. He will be in a country where they speak his native language, and he'll be working alongside many of his Argentine compatriots. He was getting games for Argentina while he was at City, so, he's definitely not leaving City to improve his chances to play for Argentina. He's a household name in Argentina at this stage.
Atletico to win LaLiga. Reminds me of when they got Villa in 2013 and Suarez in 2020
Alvarez is not Villa or Suarez
@@fatih8053are you sick?,the season hasn't started yet and you talking trash
Don't remember either of those 2 players being bench quality
@@Preminger442 Both were past their primes though. Alvarez is great but he couldnt get much playtime because of Haaland
@@shaquillethomas1544he’s just being realistic. Why are you so sensitive
Mbappe and Alvarez in la liga will be awesome believe
4 sure
@@marvinbrando722 believe
Mario Suarez = Legend
All Colchoneros from the 2013/14 season are heroes of mine ♥
Just picture this: Alvarez instead being at a rich club that wins trophies constantly and is one of the favorites to win Champions League, decides to go to a club that barely wins anything and is never a favorite for the Champions, just and only because he wanted to play more. How many playes do that move?
Makes zero sense on player end could’ve gone to Italy or France or EPL rivals
Well he won pretty much everything, only thing left is to score more and have a larger impact. I’d imagine the novelty wears off for trophy’s
@@batmancr007 I think Atletico is a good move
@@batmancr007 LOL Athletico and Laliga are far better than any of those pisspoor clubs and league
Atletico are a huge club won more trophies in the past 15-10 years than arsenal. Going to atletico he will start live in a nicer coutry make more money
Every European top club needs a marky signing to excite the fans!
Do you mean a marquee signing? Who's this Marky guy?
Think it’s pretty clear.. Griezmann is on his way to LAFC, Alvarez is the replacement. Just like how Sørloth is the Morata replacement
Griezman still in his prime he wont leave this season
@@joaquinarchivaldoguzmanloe1073 contract expires next summer
Rob is clueless. Alvarez is top, especially when it comes to finishing. AND, he played A LOT last year. He didn't play in his preferred position at no. 9, so that's probably why he wants to go (because he understands that Haaland is still better than him at no. 9), but saying all that bs about him not playing big role in the team is complete nonsense. He was one of the best players of the whole CL group stage, and then he was second best player only behind Messi for ARG at the World Cup.
I heard that comment from Rob and I just laughed. I don't think there are many players from the EPL who had as many goals and assists as Alvarez in all competitions last season. They can't fathom really good players leaving the EPL in my opinion
These guys are underselling Alvarez and Atletico as a unit. Atleti's main problem recent years is that the centerbacks have struggled. I think LeNormand is a huge signing. Alvarez is also a great striker, at at time where there are so few strikers, and Sorloth is also good. They have three great goalscoring threats now. I don't think we'll win the league, but I think a second spot is very doable.
Literally 7 days in a row same topic, Alvarez Alvarez Alvarez
They seem to be avoiding the Olmo to Barca topic. 😂
They seem to be avoiding the Olmo to Barca topic. 😂
Simeone always play with 2 striker
I think he might play 5-2-3 this season with Sorloth, Griezmann and Alvarez as the front 3.
Do you not realize that Griezmann can play on the wing and Alvarez can play second Striker?
Exactly like that, they will play. U got it
Llorente is a Simeone favorite
I mean Griezmann played on the wings at Barcelona and all the talk was about how that's not his best position. So whether it's Alvarez or Griezmann, we'll have player not playing his best position
@@Esco-lq4rb they can just play two strikers like last season in Griezmann behind then three more midfield
@@bbl-magnet fair enough
ESPN sorry to tell you but man united has a sugar dady called EPL😂
Alvarez > Haaland
Finally, at last, LaLiga is getting all the stars AGAIN besides making their own Superstars as always..Kings of football 🇪🇦🔥🐐
Nobody will be watching Youthelona next season, Madrid are the only relevant club
@@Preminger442yeah vardrid with two left wingers and without kroos😂
Barca is the second most popular club in the world. People will watch their games wether you like it or not.@@Preminger442
@@Preminger442they ALWAYS WATCH BARCELONA 🔥🔥
Robson's tactical understanding never went beyond 1984... The past 40 years don't exist for him.
For someone who played for Atletico for so long, Mario Suarez is incredibly honest
Mario was a baller at his best. Underrated.
As a Madridista, I'm side-eyeing Atle with an awful lot of concern right now. Remembering that they were the only team to beat us last season, I am concerned they might find some consistency and be very hard to stop :/ Barca signing Olmo however feels like it might be a panic buy: couldn't get Nico so grabbed whomever they could
Do ESPN FC realize there a lot more players out there than Julian Alvarez? This show needs to really expand its subject matter topics and stop talking about the same players, coaches, and clubs non-stop.
Exactly, apparently Alvarez PR paid good money to ESPN 😁😁
Alvarez is a top 5 striker, and Cholo just bought himself a real chance at La Liga and the CL. Atléti have done excellent business this window.
He needs more top class defenders to bring back the defensive solidity
He is not even a top 10 striker in the world. He reminds me a lot of Gabriel Jesus that City also pushed out the door. He is a player that like Gabriel Jesus gets around 10 league goals per season (11, 9 and 11 goals last league).
Lol
@@logirexwtf julian>>>>>> jesus
At this point, I have to come to terms with Barcelona signing Dani Olmo. The way in which this football club is ran and managed genuinely needs to be studied because on paper, it’s a good signing since he’s an excellent player who’s criminally underrated and is coming off the back of some brilliant performances for the Spain national team during their title winning run at the EUROs as he was the joint top scorer of the tournament and he is incredibly versatile and can play in both attacking and midfield roles and he’s going to add another option to their team since having depth and quality is important in a long season where they’re going to be playing a lot of games meaning that these teams need to rotate their squad regularly, he also gives them a different element in attack something that was lacking at times last season, but from a footballing perspective, unless they’re able to have success in La Liga and the champions league and they make it all work, I really don’t see how this signing makes sense.
As good of a player he is, given the financial situation they’re in, he doesn’t fix some of the issues that they have and they’re paying 60 million for him, Barcelona still have some holes that needs to be addressed as they’ve yet to properly replace the greatest CDM of all time as they don’t have a proper defensive midfielder or an elite winger. A lot of people will say that “Olmo will play as a number 10” which is his best position, but when everyone is healthy; they already have Pedri Ilkay Gundogan and Fermin Lopez who are all capable of playing as attacking midfielders, meaning that they’re going to be in a situation where they paid a lot of money for a player only for him to play out of his natural position since he can play out wide, but he’s not a winger. Also, are we forgetting that the guy is injury prone, he consistently misses a chunk of games in a season as he’s always injured and he isn’t consistent, Barcelona’s biggest issues have been injuries recently and they already have enough inconsistent players and they’re adding another injury prone player to a team with players who struggle to stay healthy. Because their initial plan was to sign Nico Williams and they won’t get him, he was their backup option and it’s a gamble that could either work or prove to be a detrimental signing for the team. He is an academy graduate from La Masia and he has been linked with a return to Barcelona in recent years and it’s always a great thing to see a homegrown player return to the club and obviously in Olmo they’re getting a talented player who’s an absolute baller and he has the potential to succeed there especially if he stays fit.
You people makes reading comments more difficult than it should be. I am bored by seeing the shear enormity of these comments, I don't know how people get time or maybe I am just a lazy typer
Felix was an impulse buy from the club and not Simeone.
Alvarez will fit his style of play perfectly. What Athletico needs are defender's and midfielders who will work.
Barcelona need to go back to La Masia or they'll end up as the City of Spain.
Agreed
Gallagher de paul and koke in midfield
Alvarez may have not started the FA Cup final and UCL big matches but how sure is he that Atletico will get as far as City. He got a lot of minutes last year, I think he wants to be a star striker and live in Spain.
He barely played in the group stage of the Champions League last season, despite having an important role in the 3 comebacks City needed to win.
He probably didn't like that, it's very demoralizing to give your all for the team and not be taken into account even in the group stage when kdb was injured
Athletico is actually looking dangerous this season their not Real Madrid or Barcelona standard yet but this season la liga is cooking 🔥 way more than Prem.
I see Griezmann and Àlvarez doing well together
They're asking if Athletico is going to be different this year...they were very attacking last year!
Sorloth Alvarez up top and Griezmann behind in a 41212. Or maybe Griezmann is leaving?
Gallagher should start in a 4-3-3 with 2 holding midfielders. He's a midfield engine, highly useful in both ends of the field (more so attacking). Alvarez will start most matches but Sorloth will get his share of starts as the manager should Rotate as much as possible to keep the players fresh and hungry. Nowadays with 5 subs allowed no player should feel hard done by if not starting but getting in off the bench for 25-30 min of action in almost every match.
Where have they gotten the idea that atleti is gonna play alvarez as a winger? They have been playing with either a 5-2-2-1 or a 5-3-2 formation, so he'd either be playing a second striker or behind the striker, these people are so clueless🤦♂️
Alvarez is the perfect player for atlético. I’m happy great players are coming to la liga
Mario Suarez kinda looks like Wesley Sneijder 😂
I think the panelists were so disrespectful to Cholo Simeone when he has been the only manager to break the duopoly of La Liga and failing to recognize that Félix’s problem is a battle with himself! Why do you think a club would send a £120 million attacker on loan in two consecutive seasons?!?! Félix is crazy inconsistent, and I can say that even when I am a fan of his too… Simeone can adapt accordingly and keep true to these younger players that are still malleable, especially Alvarez and Gallagher.
Alvarez chose a much better city, a much better weather, a place where he can speak his mother tongue and very alike his culture and way of living, and a club with a beautiful stadium, starting to built the best training area in Europe, inside the city, and chances to compete in the last stages of champions league and la liga.
ESPN recycling content centered on the same player for almost a week. give it a fvcking break.
So you pay 100 millions for shitty players and that's ok, but you pay 95 million for a player who has been performing consistently, he is overpaid? ESPN FC, watching how you have been doing sports journalism I think it's time for me to move on to a different channel.
Still can’t believe how much united paid for Antony 🤣
No chance Gallagher plays ahead of both Koke and De Paul if all 3 are fit. No chance.
The guys questioning Simeone are obviously clueless
I will say that Barca should have tried for him even if it didn’t end up in signing him but rather to establish interest. This would be good considering that Lewy does have that much time left bc of age and would be great to have Alvarez to replace him once lewy can’t start anymore and good since Alvarez would have some experience already playing in LaLiga with Atlético to then later transfer to barca.
Great fit for ATHLETIC
Simeone doesn't need much to do well, with grizou, alvarez, lino, atleti can do well! A creative midfielder is missing, or a better #8.
Dani Olmo’s only inconsistent is with his fitness problems, he don’t go missing in games. He could play at both wings and he’s the best attacking midfielder Barca got now in terms of his goal scoring ability and creativity. A lot of people are saying Barca should have signed a defensive midfielder, they don’t because there are two clever defensive midfielders they would gamble on in Bernal and Casado.
Alvarez already completed football so he knows it will be extremely hard to win anything in Spain because Papa Perez already bought the refs and VAR for the whole season
You were the 4th in the league your excuses are nothing😂😂😂
@@RM_FC_1 I don't even support Atletico you 60 IQ vardridiot trophyhunter Indian 😂
@@Prasko131 completed the bank transaction from Argentina to the refs
Didn’t City get Savio?
They already got the replacement.
Lmao saying Alvarez is nothing special is a joke. Literally was close to becoming the too scorer in the wc.
Alvarez is good at everything. He can create, score and cover.
He is a perfect fit for Athletico but as a striker. And you guys asking a lineup it can be a narrow lineup. 2 no.9 backing up with griezeman as a cam.
I wonder if Don thinks Harry Kane is currently better than Alverez
Joao Felix has done nothing anywhere in his career, yet everyone talks about him like his the next Leo Messi. He's a decent player, but was never up to the standard of any of the clubs he's played for. Somehow the ESPN crew rates him above Alvarez, but I don't see it.
Athletico Madrid are going to be lit this season
MAN UNITED PAID 100 MILLION EUROS FOR ANTONY!!!! Bruhhhhh Alvarez is worth WAY more than freaking Antony
Men they are assuming everything like he will play at wing attlatico like to play with 2 strikers so he can play striker and as 10 like Griezmann or price is maybe 10-15 m hogher but he is a class and more potential than many strikers right now in the world
Man City gave at least €24/25M to Athletico Madrid so they can pay €75M and City can balance the book, so they can avoid to make it 116 charges.
In think you were there in there communication to gather this info wow great😂
Imagine if agüero had to play on the same team as luis Suarez, both in their prime. They are both 9s, it’s just bad luck and honestly a greedy waste by the club to have two players of that stature who only could play 1 at a time bc of their positions.
Julian Alvarez one to look out for if this move does happen 💯💯💯😉
Robs accolades is being player of the season for west ham and arsenal😅.. there are the guys who criticise guys who've won trophies 😂😂😂
It's the biggest deal of the summer
40mil for Gallagher who has just one year contract left is a joke.
How many goals did Stewart Robson score?
The young midfielder spent more than eight years at Highbury, playing 186 matches and scoring 21 goals.
talks like he knows more than Scaloni , De la fuente Simeone .... FOOLISH ARROGANT
He’s going to regret this move!
If Manchester City put in a great bid for Antoine Griezmann, that will explode the transfer market. Griezmann and Haaland is absolutely unplayable! And Atlético will be absolutely baffled by that option.
The devaluation of Alvarez’s quality by mostly English pundits is exactly why he is leaving. Being 2nd fiddle another player makes any player seem not good enough even if they could very easily be the starting player at any top 4 European club team. Imagine if Neymar was stuck on the bench whenever Messi played… I’m not comparing playing styles but rather than people fail to realize that Man city did something that many other teams don’t do, keeping an elite starting player as 2nd string. The reason they could do this was because of their recent strategies for recruitment in South America where they have been eyeing key players in their teenage years and keeping them under contract while they play their last few years in South America (aka what they did with Alvarez and now with Echeverri) so it guarantees that they have those players while not ringing tons of alarm bells to other clubs that they spotted someone great so that other clubs can come in with counter offers. So they score these TOP global transfers for the original low price from years ago bc they quietly identified them earlier and locked them in a contract.
I'll tell u what Pep will have taken out of Felix. NOTHING, as Xavi or Chelsea did, Joao has a big problem by himself, the way the team plays is just an excuse. And, I've to admit, that I had huge expectations and support him until he did not work in Barcelona.
I'd say Alvarez playing with Sorloth would be really great. He's the kind of guy who could definitely play with a big chonky striker. He's the better Felix for Atletico considering he's super hard working in the same role although he may not be as technical he's super physical and will work for Simeone.
So what about Correa and Felix
@@georgemark8593 I'd say they will most probably move on Felix. As for Correa he'll be coming off the bench.
Whi are these people😏
I think any team would love to have alvarez in their team barca, utd, chelsea, liverpool, psg, juventus, ac milan.
He’ll score 22-28 goals this season in la liga✅ with 7-10 asists too.
A. Madrid got their pants pulled down with this one. He’s going to be next Morata. Comfortable in a winning team and is expected to be more than a system player.
Alvarez is super talented but not worth more than 50-60 million.
Athletico Madrid plays in CL almost every year and has not won many. With this new signings it must win the Cup/La Liga/CL otherwise Simeone will be under pressure.
Super Mario! Grande! Aupa Atleti
Anti-Argentina continues. Europe clubs always wants arg players but media just hates.
Alvarez is worth every single penny, mark my words that little magician will deliver, diego simoen has to use a 433 formation this season to get the best out of the lads.
Going into the start of every season, nobody takes Atletico Madrid seriously as actual contenders to win La Liga even though under Diego Simeone they’ve won some league titles here and there, off the back of a subpar season, they’ve made some moves in the transfer window so far hoping to compete for the title this season. On paper, they’re nowhere close to being on the same level as Real Madrid, I personally think that Barcelona are slightly better than them even though we don’t know what their team is going to truly look like under Hansi Flick, they’re a team that isn’t short of talent and they have strengthened the squad with the potential signings they’ve completed and are about to make. They’re not known for playing the most attractive brand of football, sometimes it has been good enough to get results under him.
They’ve signed Robin Le Normand and Alexander Sorloth, someone who’s an excellent defender and we saw how good he was with the Spain national team at the EUROs and they have one of the top scorers in La Liga last season and in their attack, they’re adding Julian Alvarez who’s a very good striker and has completed football despite being 24 years old and Connor Gallagher is also joining and while he’s not a world class midfielder, Simeone values his profile as a player and he suits the way he wants the team to play. As I said before they have some existing talent on this team as well. Even though he’s getting older, Antoine Griezmann is their best player and he has been in terrible form in the last 12 months, Rodrigo de Paul is an elite midfielder and is a key player on a team that has won 3 consecutive international trophies, Jan Oblak has gone through a decline in the past couple of years, on his day, he remains one of the best goalkeepers in the world, Molina is an underrated fullback. We don’t expect them to win the league, but Atletico Madrid have more than enough quality in their squad to challenge for La Liga against the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid and make a deep run in the Champions League because they shouldn’t be settling for 3rd place every season and if these new signings can fully click and settle in the team combined with their core players being in top form and Simeone is able to get the best out of everyone, I could see them achieving big things next season.
A leopard never changes it's spots. Simone will sign attacking players and put them in defense
4:27 Don are you smoking crack? Why would they sign Sorloth when they don’t have a striker and then bench him. It makes no sense. Alvarez, Sorloth and Conor will all start together
I wish Dortmund had signed him
Man city signed a below average player like Grealish for 100m. pounds and all these analysts say he is worth it.
Well let me inform you all that Athletico Madrid will make plus that 90m amount just at his presentation. So he is with more 95m than a lose electron like Grealish. Watch Athletico Madrid this season they are really going to be contending as winners for every trophy this season
Alvarez is for better then your overrated grealish balinghum foden saka and rashford 😅😅😅
Thay have to keep up with real and Barcelona
wool socks to bed = no coffee needed the next day⬜🟫🟩
Me hearing « He is not at the very top of English football » makes me laugh.
Where was the English football when Spain won the Euro?
Football is about winning and hes won every trophy possible 🏆
Its not about stats, declan rice hasnt won half the trophies he has
... why is Julian Alvarez getting blanket wall to wall coverage on this channel lately?
How do you pay 95 Mil for a bench fwd. Hes6not even a starter. That's just crazy
Man city's squad is that deep
Hes the best epl striker second to haaland
Not worth close to that amount but nobody says it 😂. A good player but thats inflation
Alvarez will do must better at Atletico and He will be happy there
do the public and these guys watch a different sport or what? Hes definitely a top player
11:58-12:01 Don is quite terrible at making final table predictions before season starts. Yes Atletico will get close to Real in final table. I predict them to finish 2nd, ahead of Real and behind Barca. And yes, Ancelotti to get sacked. Aha, bad prediction the other day about Serie A. Milan will finish higher than Inter this time out, in fact I pick them to win that league. It's not All about quality of squad you know.
English downplaying loosing another player to LaLiga.
Mr Robson why is he not worth? When Jack grealish was bought for 100M by city n he did nothing. Whereelse Julian is class player n a soldier of Messi the Goat
no way they think Alvarez is just some scrub
Oh please. Look how much was spent for Grealish...
this section on Alvarez is absolutely hilarious. just pathetic writing Alvarez off as an average player. these lot are clueless