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Manchester City and Argentine player, Julian Alvarez will play next season’s football at Atletico Madrid in the Spanish La Liga.
Both clubs have agreed a deal of up to £81m (€95m) for the striker.
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The two clubs have been in negotiations since the weekend and talks accelerated in the last 24 hours.
Atletico, after confirming that Alvarez wants to join them, sent in a couple of offers.
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The LaLiga club will pay £64m up front (€75m) with a further £17m in potential add-ons (€20m).
Alvarez’s transfer will represent a record sale for City.
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If the deal pulls through, Manchester City would have made triple amount they got the player from River Plate of Argentina.
City got Alvarez for just £14 two seasons ago.
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