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Julian Alvarez has spoken to Atletico Madrid media for the first time as a Colchonero

Julián Álvarez habla por primera vez con los medios del Atlético de Madrid como Colchonero

El gran refuerzo del Atlético de Madrid, Julián Álvarez, que firmó contrato y tuvo aprobado el traspaso el lunes, ha comparecido por primera vez ante los medios del club. Álvarez se ha convertido en el segundo jugador más caro de la historia del Atlético de Madrid.

Los 70 millones de euros pagados por Álvarez solo son superados por el traspaso de Joao Félix en 2019 por 127 millones de euros; al Manchester City le deben 25 millones de euros adicionales, condicionados a la consecución de ciertos objetivos. El coste total puede alcanzar los 95 millones de euros. Álvarez se mostró feliz de estar en el club social.

“Muy contento, muy ilusionado de estar aquí, cómo me han acogido en la ciudad, en el club, muy contento y con muchas expectativas”, señaló sobre el recibimiento que había recibido.

“Desde el primer momento, muchos mensajes, muchas cosas de la afición, como ya he dicho, nada más llegar al aeropuerto la gente me estaba dando la bienvenida, en las oficinas también… Aquí fuera del estadio también. Así que bueno, es muy bonito empezar bien. Luego me toca a mí demostrarlo en el campo”.

También le preguntaron por su apodo, la araña, o Arana en español. Viene de su infancia.

“La Araña viene desde muy pequeño, cuando tenía 3-4 años jugando con mis hermanos y algunos amigos. De un día para otro empezaron a llamarme así y toda la gente del pueblo siempre me llamaba Araña. Para mí era muy normal porque a lo mejor me llamaban Julián y yo ni lo pensaba así, ahora mi apodo se ha quedado para siempre desde que era muy pequeño así que seguimos con eso”.

El delantero estrella Antoine Griezmann bien podría ser reemplazado por Álvarez a largo plazo como su estrella en ataque, pero fue el francés el que hizo un esfuerzo para traerlo al Madrid, al igual que Giuliano Simeone, con quien compartirá vestuario esta temporada.

“Antoine y Giuliano eran los que más mensajes me enviaban casi todos los días. Rodri de Paul también. También hablé con Nahuel. “Así que estuvieron muy atentos”.

El pequeño de los de Diego Simeone es el tercero con el que comparte vestuario, después de Gianluca y Giovanni.

“Con toda la familia Simeone, como dije, con Gianluca compartí tiempo en las reservas de River, con Gio en la selección y ahora en los Juegos Olímpicos con Giuli, el Cholo también me dijo que allí estaba el Cholo chico, ahora estoy con el Cholo más grande. Siempre tuve buena relación con ellos, así que esperemos que vengan cosas buenas”.

Álvarez podría hacer su primera aparición con el Atlético el lunes por la noche, cuando los rojiblancos se enfrenten al Villarreal en su primer partido de La Liga. Se cree que el Cholo Simeone eventualmente alineará a Álvarez junto a Griezmann, detrás de Alexander Sorloth en ataque.

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