Man City have a delicate Julian Alvarez task while Erling Haaland dazzles

Julian Alvarez was Manchester City’s second-highest goalscorer across all competitions last season, behind Erling Haaland

At just 23-years-old, there isn’t much in the sport that Alvarez has not won. The young man is a World Cup winner and has won the Premier League and Champions League as part of an historic Treble.

So, what do Manchester City do to keep a player of his talent happy when he's not a guaranteed starter every week?

Many view the Argentine as the continuation plan for when Haaland leaves the club. In previous years the Norwegian has been clear in his desire to play for a variety of clubs including Real Madrid, but with City winning a treble last year it is hard to see last year’s Golden Boot winner moving on anytime soon.

However, the fact that there will almost always be talk around the Norwegian leaving City means that Julian Alvarez will almost always have the carrot of replacing Haaland as the starting striker in front of him. A difficult proposition to ignore for Alvarez.

Alvarez still has another five years left on his contract which will expire in the summer of 2028, by which time City may well have seen Haaland move on for pastures new.

So far this season, Guardiola has deployed three players to play just behind Haaland, and Alvarez seems to have flourished playing in the ’10 role’ just behind Haaland. It has seen Alvarez score two goals and chip in with an assist in his four league games so far this season.

In this respect, Alvarez has little to complain about with regards to playing games, however this is all dependent on the fact that star playmaker, Kevin De Bruyne, is currently out injured for what could be a lengthy spell of time.

In the meantime, though, Alvarez could do very well to prove