Football has a way of shaping a player’s whole career with simple twists of fate.
Manchester City ’s latest signing Julian Alvarez - still awaiting the finishing touches to a reported £17.9million deal - made his big breakthrough when three senior River Plate strikers were all injured at the same time.
He stepped in, as an 18-year-old, started scoring, and has not looked back since. He earned another cap for Argentina last night, and the intimidatory treatment dished out by Chile players as he simply trotted onto the field spoke volumes about how much of a threat he is.
