One of the most notable transfers in the Transfer Market 2024 in Europa It has as its protagonist Julian Alvarez. The forward of the Argentina National Team went from the Manchester City al Atletico Madrid of the Cholo Simeone in search of more minutes and prominence in his career. And in his presentation at the Colchoneropromised effort and goals.
“I am very happy, very excited to be here, with how I have been received in the city, in the club, so I am very happy and have very high expectations”said Julián in his first interview as an Atlético de Madrid player, after a transfer of more than 70 million euros to leave City and move to the Spanish team.
“From the first moment I received many messages, many things from the fans. As soon as I arrived there were already people at the airport, also when I had the tests done, outside the stadium. It’s very nice for the start and well, then it’s my turn to show on the field.”Julian explained.
“If there is one thing I can promise, it is that I will always try hard and give my best on the pitch to help the team and win with this shirt. I will try to give my best to find my best version as a footballer and help the team win and leave Atlético Madrid at the top.”added the Argentine striker.
Álvarez revealed that several players wrote to him about his move to Atlético. “Antoine Griezmann and Giuliano Simeone are the ones who have sent me messages the most, almost every day. Rodri De Paul too, I also spoke to Nahuel Molina, they were very attentive”said Julian.
“I have a relationship with the entire Simeone family. I spent some time with Gianluca in the River Reserves, with Gio in the National Team and now at the Olympic Games with Giuli. Cholo also told me that now it is my turn to play the greatest Cholo, I always had a good relationship with him, let’s hope that good things come”added the Spider, who spoke about the history of his nickname.
“It comes from when I was very young, from 3 or 4 years old, playing with my brothers and some friends, from things that happened when we were kids. From one day to the next, they started calling me that and then the people in the town started calling me that. It was very normal for me to be called Spider. Maybe they called me Julian and I turned away, the nickname stuck forever when I was very young and we continued with that.”Alvarez explained.