Last summer, Julian Alvarez pushed for the exit of Manchester City. The Argentine striker was tired of standing in the shadow of Haaland and wanted a leading role at the top. The 25-year-old has received this at Diego Simeone and Atletico Madrid. Now Sørloth’s club is working to sign both City and Liverpool players.
Alvarez is a completely different type of striker than Alexander Sørloth, the combination has given Atletico very good results. So far this season, Alvarez has hammered in 19 goals in 38 games. Only 8 of the goals have come in La Liga, but here Sørloth has filled in with his 9 league goals. Now Atletico turn to the Premier League again, first against City, then Liverpool.
According to Caughtoffside’s sources, the La Liga club have already been in contact with City about midfielder Mateo Kovacic after it became known that the 30-year-old was heading for an exit.
Now it is also reported that Atletico are going for another Premier League player. Caughtoffside’s sources claim Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone is a big fan of Darwin Nunez and that the club have picked up signals from Liverpool that could open the sale of the Uruguayan international.
There is uncertainty about what will happen to Antoine Griezmann after the season, Nunez is said to be a candidate to fill the spot at the top.
Although Nunez has delivered in several games for Liverpool, the continuity of deliveries is lacking, where Arne Slot has also made mild criticism of the player. La Liga may be more suitable for Nunez. With Diego Simeone as a fan, this will be a logical next step for all parties.
Could be an exciting Sørloth/Nunez duo.
