Julian Alvarez Becomes Target For Barcelona And Real Madrid

Manchester City striker Julian Alvarez is the target of Barcelona and Real Madrid. (Twitter @ManCity)

JAKARTA - Barcelona and Real Madrid are competing for Manchester City striker Julian Alvarez. Barca and Madrid both need a center forward. And, this Spanish La Liga giant has both made Alvarez a target.

Alvarez began to be in the spotlight after playing a role in leading Argentina to become the champion at the 2022 World Cup. His performance was quite convincing by scoring four goals. This is what makes Alvarez always the choice of coach Lionel Scaloni over senior Paulo Dybala.

Alvarez's success continues at the club. This 23-year-old striker became a part of Man City when he won trebles.

The player who was brought in by The Cityzens from River Plate for 14.1 million in January 2022 played 23 times and collected 17 goals in various competitions.

The problem is, Alvarez is not the main striker of Man City. He is only Erling Haaland's coating who is the mainstay of Pep Guardiola's manager on the front lines.

Although Haaland's sharpness has decreased recently, he is still the first choice in the front sector.

This is what makes Barca and Madrid hunt down Alvarez. Moreover, he will have the opportunity to start in Spain.

Barca themselves need a forward to be a coater for Robert Lewandowski. Lewandowski's age, who is no longer young, made Barca look for options to replace this Polish national team striker.

Moreover, the former Bayern Munich striker is also prone to injury. This condition is considered by coach Xavi Hernandez looking for Lewandowski and fully supported by the club's sporting director. Deco.

It's just that Madrid also showed an interest in Alvarez. Especially if Los Blancos fail to get Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain.

This season, Alvarez has shown his sharpness by scoring six goals and five assists from 13 matches in various competitions.

He has also just renewed his contract to five years and his salary has doubled to 100 thousand per week.