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Julian Alvarez reveals the final conversation with Pep Guardiola, after Rift Claims from Man City exit

Julian Alvarez reveals the final conversation with Pep Guardiola, after Rift Claims from Man City exit

Former Manchester City, Julian Alvarez’s striker, revealed his feelings towards Pep Guardiola and his two years at the club

Josep Guardiola Manager of Manchester City offers instructions to Julian Alvarez
Julian Alvarez finally spoke about his relationship with former Pep Guardiola manager and time at Manchester City(Image: Gaspafotos/MB/Getty images)

Julian Alvarez, who left Manchester City in a transfer of 81.5 million pounds at Atletico Madrid last summer, eventually answered unanswered questions around his relationship with the club and former manager Pep Guardiola.

Atletico paid an initial of 64 million poundscould increase to the full amount of 81.5 million pounds to become Man City’s most profitable sale in the club history. Finally, the move after only two seasons went down AlvarezThe desire to play for several minutes as an outstanding striker, and so on as he said the 25-year-old Sports for men.

But by catching this, Guardiola’s response was cut. “Like everyone,” was the manager’s verdict for one of his players who wants to play more of the crucial matches of the season. Finally ended in the mentioned player and snatching -his former coach in his goodbye messages Kick started suggestions that there was a tense relationship between the pair, as they broke up.

However, speaking for the first time in seven months on this topic with InfobaeAlvarez himself aroused the idea that he and Guardiola ended in bad terms.

By revealing the content of their final conversation, the Argentine explained: “I’m not one to send messages, but yes, I see what people say. All the coaches I have treated very well. In fact, it is said more than what is really.

“The last conversations I had with PEP were about” Thank you very much for everything you offered us in two years. There were so many titles. You have never caused problems, you did not bring problems to the club. Nothing. Nothing.

“No complaint. There were always words of gratitude and mine and club.”

Since his transfer last summer, the attacker has made 39 appearances under Diego Simeone, marking 20 times as he played as Atletico’s main center in 36 of these outings.

Depending on if it is more comfortable to play in Spain, whether its form has come to change the coach or something that doesn’t work well at Manchester, he replied: “No, no, the truth is that the city, since I arrived, has trusted me.

“They brought me from River to Europe. I played a lot of games, I scored a lot of goals, I won titles. That was perfect. And if I stayed there, I would have been comfortable.

“I always said I was very grateful to the club, but I needed something. Something in me said I needed a different challenge, to look for something new, which was not motivation, because I will always want to continue for more, but something I do not know … a different challenge in my career.

“And I felt that here can be my place to develop better, to find the best version as a footballer. So it was a bit because of that.”

Looking back to what matches he felt he should have had a chance offered by Guardiola, there were two occasions that were above the rest.

“I want to play the most important games,” he added. “As I said, I don’t know, in (2023) Champions League Final (vs inter); I didn’t enter. In the semifinal (VS Real Madrid) I didn’t play too much and I would have liked to play in those types of games. A little because of what I said before, I think about change. ”