Live broadcast on 02/0 News Josep María Minguella, a well-known football manager, to Western mediaRelevo revealed the transfer story about Spider and said he had recommended the Argentine striker to Barca, but the team refused.

"When I first saw Alvarez, I noticed that there was a ruthlessness in this kid and that he was shooting accurately," the agent revealed. He's the kind of striker I like. Through an Argentinian friend, he got in touch with the player's agent and took a closer look at the River Plate 9.

"他的經紀人告知我們解約金在2200-2300萬歐元之間，並透露球員渴望登陸歐洲。我立刻聯繫了巴薩，當時俱樂部正需要蘇亞雷斯的接班人，我認為這個年輕人完全符合要求。"

然而時任巴薩總監阿萊曼尼並未採納建議。"俱樂部表示另有選擇。"這個選擇最終指向了曼城球員——費蘭-托雷斯。巴薩以6000萬歐元簽下這名前瓦倫西亞邊鋒，轉會費是小蜘蛛解約金的兩倍有餘。

這樁轉會引起了一系列連鎖反應：當費蘭登上從曼徹斯特飛往巴塞羅那的航班時，阿爾瓦雷斯正啟程反向奔赴英格蘭。2022年1月，曼城以2100萬歐元（低於解約金100萬）將其招致麾下。

阿爾瓦雷斯之後隨曼城取得諸多榮譽，包括2022/23賽季三冠王。這名阿根廷前鋒在去年夏天以總價9500萬歐元轉會馬競，本賽季出場47次，貢獻25球6助，目前球員德轉身價9000萬歐元。