Kieran Gibbs has recommended Julian Alvarez to stay put at Manchester City instead of joining Bayern Munich on a season-long loan.
Speaking to ESPN UK, the retired left-back was quizzed about his reaction to Thomas Tuchel’s side eyeing the £14 million (BBC Sport) man as an alternative to Harry Kane on a temporary basis.
However, Kieran Gibbs believes that neither will Manchester City sanction a loan move for Julian Alvarez to Bayern Munich, nor should he agree to such a transfer anyway.
Kieran Gibbs suggests Julian Alvarez to reject Bayern Munich loan transfer in favour of Manchester City stay
Branded as ‘extraordinary’ by Khaldoon Al-Mubarak himself, the Argentine striker and his camp were reported on Tuesday to be uninterested in any such move by Fabrizio Romano.
After winning a historic treble in his debut season at the Etihad Stadium, the 23-year-old could not have foreseen a better start to his Sky Blues career.
As Bayern have seemingly come sniffing around for his signature on a temporary basis, Kieran Gibbs has said that if he was Julian Alvarez, he would simply stay at Manchester City.
“I’m in the same camp [as Frank LeBouef]. He just showed so much quality last season, I think when he stepped up, when [Erling] Haaland wasn’t playing. So, I would stay. I would stay for another year and see how it goes.”
Kieran Gibbs elaborated on why Julian Alvarez should prefer staying at Manchester City than joining Bayern, saying, “He’s probably going to be up there again for winning however many trophies on all fronts for City. It’s not easy when you’re following someone like Haaland but every time he stepped up last season, he was just so prolific. So yeah, I don’t think City are just going to let him go like that.”
Why would Julian Alvarez leave the best team in the world?
With Manchester City officially confirming their status as the best team in the world and one of the greatest of all time, Kieran Gibbs is right in suggesting Julian Alvarez to not even consider a loan switch to Bayern.
While the World Cup winner is currently playing second fiddle to Erling Haaland, he is likely to get more minutes next season, after impressing in his debut campaign and Kevin De Bruyne set to miss the start of the following term.
Pep Guardiola’s stay for the next two years is another once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the youngster to learn as much as he can from him and adapt into the side in a deeper role, where he has thrived in the past.
