It's no wonder Julian Alvarez's manager has resorted to begging Manchester City to keep Julian Alvarez on loan until December.
After Alvarez's incredible six-goal return for River Plate on Wednesday, Marcelo Gallardo had his tongue firmly in cheek when he said: “If City want to loan us the player until the end of the year, we have no problem and we will be very grateful! But Guardiola won’t listen to my request. We would be very grateful if you can leave us Julián until the end of the year!"
This week, chief executive Ferran Soriano has added to the stance of Txiki Begiristain and Pep Guardiola to insist that Alvarez will be a City player in the summer, and that the club are already rejecting loan enquiries for him. It seems City are preparing to go from no strikers to two next season.
