Gabriel Jesus' anger with Pep Guardiola makes sense but Julian Alvarez must have different mindset

There can't be many footballers who have ever had as good a season as Julian Alvarez when it comes to trophies won.

A big-money move to one of Europe's top clubs in the summer, a famous World Cup triumph in which he played an integral part at Christmas time and then three medals in the bag by the next time the sun came out. A sensational campaign that the vast majority of footballers could only ever dream of but it still feels like just the beginning for Alvarez.

Though Erling Haaland overshadowed him with a ludicrous number of goals, Alvarez still enjoyed a very respectable debut campaign for Manchester City on a personal level. New signings, especially forwards, have tended to need at least a year to fully grasp what Pep Guardiola wants from them. Jack Grealish, Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez and even Rodri didn't begin to flourish until their second seasons.

But Haaland and Alvarez have both flown in the face of that trend. It gets better still when you recall that Alvarez came into the City squad off the back of playing a full season for River Plate.

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There was hardly any time for rest or recuperation before Alvarez was training with his new club and getting straight into the action. The 23-year-old finished the campaign with 17 goals and five assists. But the stat he will want to increase more than any other in the forthcoming season is his minutes played.

Despite making 49 appearances, Alvarez only played 2,542 minutes which averages out at 51.5 minutes per game. Last year, he was not a regular starter and that's understandable given Haaland is undroppable at the head of the attack. Instead, Alvarez tended to play in a