Nickyboy wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:Yeah, that’s it. Alvarez ditched Manchester City – reigning Premier League and Champions League winners – because he fancied wearing fucking shorts in January !
Nothing to do with being benched for 90% of the big games, not because Pep clearly sees him as Haaland’s understudy no matter what he fucking does, not because he wants to be a starter in his prime years at one of the biggest clubs on earth. Nope — he just really missed the Spanish sun.
Give your head a wobble mate .
Alvarez played more minutes than anyone else just prior to being sold due to Haaland and KDB being injured. I agree we should not have sold him, but he wanted out because he couldn't settle in Manchester - he also put in a transfer request so not exactly a good example to use of Pep 'bombing out' players he doesn't want to play
He only started most matches when Haaland or KDB were injured.He was benched or marginalized in Champions League knockouts, domestic finals, and league six-pointers.He was played out of position often, even when form justified a more central role yet despite all that he still had 28 goal contributions in 2023–24.
Alvarez missed most key games at City, and when he did feature, it was often late or not in his best role. That’s a huge part of why he pushed for a move — fuckall to do with the rain sleet or fuckign snow !