Manchester City transfer latest as Julian Alvarez nears exit

Michael Plant has the latest on Manchester City's transfer business with three exits confirmed and another three close.

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00:00It's been a really busy couple of days in the transfer market for Manchester City with

00:04quite a few players leaving the club or on the verge of leaving. I don't think the timing

00:09is such a surprise if I'm honest given that the Championship and EFL seasons are about

00:14to start in a couple of days time and City of course only returned from pre-season at

00:18the start of this week and did have to use a lot of youth team players in their squad

00:22who perhaps weren't available therefore to join teams on loan and in permanent transfers

00:27but prior to talking about those EFL deals we've got a big transfer emerging with Julian

00:33Alvarez, a player who is on the verge I suppose of joining Atletico Madrid. Manchester City

00:37and the Spanish club have agreed a transfer fee of up to 95 million euros, that's around

00:4381.5 million pound. I think it's an initial 75 million euros with a potential 20 added

00:51on so I think it's a big transfer for Manchester City, obviously a player of immense importance

00:55to Pep Guardiola and his squad. Actually no one played more games last season for Manchester

00:59City albeit quite a few of those were off the bench certainly in the second half of

01:02the season when Haaland and De Bruyne were back. I do think it would be a big loss for

01:06City and I do think he's a player they will have to look to replace in the transfer market

01:10particularly as it leaves them with Erling Haaland as their only option as a centre forward

01:15but a big loss to Manchester City there with Alvarez expected to leave but at the same

01:19time really good business from City because they are selling a player who they signed

01:23for just a couple of years ago for 14 million pound and they're moving him on for around

01:2780 million pound. Fantastic business from them. Not many people knew the name Julian

01:32Alvarez when he was plucked from Argentina but City, they've got their scouting department

01:35down brilliantly, certainly in South America as well where they've had real success in

01:39the last couple of years. They've moved him on and they are now perhaps back into the

01:42market for a replacement. But I did start this video by talking about the fact there's

01:46a lot of players involved in EFL transfers. We've had Mohamedou Sissouho move to Peter

01:52Brie United on loan. We've also had Callum Doyle join Norwich on loan both until the

01:57end of the season. We've also had Alex Robertson join Cardiff City in a permanent transfer.

02:02That's up to a million pound and City have agreed a 30% buy on clause in that transfer.

02:07We've also got Micah Hamilton who's on the verge of joining Middlesbrough. I suspect that

02:11will be wrapped up before this weekend's action begins in the Championship. That's for a fee

02:16of up to five million pound. I think City have inserted a 25 million percent sell on

02:21of any potential future transfers and have agreed a buyback option in that transfer and

02:27the option to match any offer received from any other club from Middlesbrough. So, yeah,

02:32I think it's really interesting transfer. He's a player that's well regarded at City

02:35but he's probably a little bit off maybe just breaking into the first team at this stage

02:38and City have had real success with moving on players to other sides in the last couple

02:43of years. And in the final transfer, we are expecting to be wrapped up before the EFL

02:47season begins at the weekend is Finlay Burns who's going to join Hull. A straight loan there,

02:52no option to buy in that one. But as I say, plenty going on with Manchester City so make

02:56sure to check out Manchester World for all the latest on the Premier League champions

03:00and their latest transfer news.