Manchester City intend to welcome Julian Alvarez to the Etihad in July, his agent has confirmed, but River Plate have hinted they will 'do everything' to keep him on loan beyond then.
City have confirmed the signing of Alvarez on a five-and-a-half-year contract for around £14m, with the South American Player of the Year remaining at River Plate until July on loan in order to compete in the Copa Libertadores group stages.
If they were to progress further, it has been suggested that Alvarez could remain at River until the end of the year for the remainder of that tournament, while other reports in Argentina say City have a clause by which they could insist on Alvarez reporting to them in summer on payment of an extra £1.9million.
