Man City boss Pep Guardiola has already made the case for Julian Alvarez to start vs Southampton
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester City are in a thoroughly luxurious position at the minute when it comes down to their attacking options. In Erling Haaland, Pep Guardiola has one of the world's best centre-forwards in the form of his career.
The Norwegian has notched an astonishing 42 goals already for City and his performances have often kept Julian Alvarez out of the team.
However, in Haaland's absence against Liverpool, Alvarez showed that he can fill the quite considerable boots of City's star man.
While their styles of player are dissimilar, the 23-year-old offers the intuition which has earned him comparisons to fellow countryman Sergio Aguero. ALSO READ: Alvarez maintains City goalscoring run With Haaland returning to training this week, it seems almost inevitable that the striker will return to the starting XI against Southampton.
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