Man City star admits he misses team-mate Pep Guardiola let go after £81million 'mistake'

Manchester City were reluctant to merchantability guardant Julian Alvarez to Atletico Madrid successful the summertime and person ended up missing the Argentina planetary successful onslaught this season

Bernardo Silva admits helium misses erstwhile team-mate Julian Alvarez aft Manchester City reluctantly fto him go.

Alvarez, 25, was sold to Atletico Madrid for £81million in the summertime aft 2 seasons with the Etihad club. Having helped City triumph 2 Premier League titles and a Treble, the Argentine guardant was often shifted retired wide, benched oregon utilized successful a deeper relation by Pep Guardiola to accommodate Erling Haaland.

He signed for Diego Simeone’s Atletico successful hunt of much minutes, leaving City to rue his exit. Guardiola’s broadside person since lacked their emblematic spark successful guardant areas each play and person had to splurge to bring successful players specified arsenic Savinho and Omar Marmoush to bolster their beforehand line.

And adjacent City’s seasoned attacking-midfielder, Silva, has travel retired and admitted conscionable however overmuch of a void Alvarez’s departure has near this season, some successful presumption of his quality and his property successful the dressing room.

Silva said of the 2022 World Cup winner: “I miss him a batch due to the fact that helium is an exceptional team-mate and I americium precise fond of him. I americium precise blessed that helium is doing well. He is simply a fantastic guy, and helium deserves everything.

“Whenever I spot Julián people a goal, I'm precise blessed for him; he's doing precise well. Atlético de Madrid is having a precise bully season. I americium precise blessed for him.”

Alvarez registered an awesome 36 goals and 18 assists successful 103 appearances for City. His interaction was specified that manager Guardiola admitted his merchantability mightiness travel backmost to haunt him, referring to it arsenic a imaginable "mistake".

Ahead of the travel to West Ham backmost successful precocious August, the Catalan tactician said: “I'm blessed with the squad. We didn't expect Julian was leaving, though helium had conversations a agelong clip agone with different clubs and his agent, truthful it could hap and successful the extremity it happened.

“We saw what we have, if we person many, galore injuries it volition beryllium a problem, but successful a fewer months Oscar Bobb volition beryllium backmost and Phil [Foden] is successful that position, [James] McAtee tin play successful that position, [Ilkay] Gundogan tin play successful that position, Bernardo [Silva]…

“They are antithetic players to Erling of course. Maybe it is simply a mistake, I don't cognize but I don't similar leaving players without playing for a agelong time. When everyone is progressive with a accidental to play, the show of the teams is ever better.”

Alvarez is not the lone attacking endowment City person ended up truly regretting letting spell successful caller times, arsenic Cole Palmer likewise has shone distant from the Etihad since switching to Chelsea.

After a dilatory commencement to the season, Alvarez has been particularly effectual successful the Champions League for Atletico. Six of his 16 goals person travel successful Europe, portion helium has besides managed 3 assists successful each competitions arsenic Atletico closed the spread to 1 constituent connected La Liga leaders Real Madrid astatine the weekend.

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