Manchester City appear to have won the race for long-term Aston Villa transfer target Julian Alvarez.
That’s according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, and a number of Villa fans have been giving their thoughts to the news on social media.
Villa have been linked with the River Plate attacker since the summer, with the player's agent Fernando Hidalgo reportedly planning to speak to the Midlands club over a potential move. However, it is Pep Guardiola’s side who look set to announce an €18.5m (£15.43m) transfer for the 21-year-old, who scored 24 goals and registered 18 assists in 2021.
Romano revealed on Tuesday evening that an agreement has been reached with the Premier League champions, and Alvarez will pen a five-year deal at the Etihad Stadium before returning to River Plate on loan until the summer.
Villa fans react
Here is what these Villa supporters had to say in reply to Romano’s post regarding Alvarez, with many of them not exactly thrilled and some thinking it could be a mistake not landing him over the summer.
“Being violently sick right now.”
“Nothing to be said, we bottled it. Now we must get Aaron Hickey in the summer before City do.”
“Made a big mistake signing others over him”
“I hope it's because he was never going to sign for us. Otherwise, yeah. Nauseating.”
“He won the Ballon D’or for us in my FIFA 21 Villa career. I thought it was a sign when we were linked to him.. clearly not”
“We had a chance and bottled it.”
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