The transfer of Alvarez to Atlético enters the top-5 of the most expensive Argentines in history!

One of the top transfer moves of this summer was completed by Atletico MADRIDwho made him her own Julian Alvarez from the Manchester City.

The Argentine world champion no longer wanted to be in his shadow Erling Haalandhe had accepted that he is not going to take the starting shirt from the Norwegian and lately he has made known his desire to go to an environment where he will be the first choice.

The “Rojiblancos” after his departure Alvaro Morata they were looking for a forward that would make the difference and that’s how the two sides came to an agreement. After all, Alvares was a burning desire of his compatriot and now his new coach, Diego Simeone.

The Spanish club, however, dug deep into their pockets to pry the ‘yes’ from Manchester City as they forked out of their coffers the sum of 95 million euros and in this way the 24-year-old entered a very closed list.

Specifically, it did the second most expensive Argentinian player in historypassing the third, now, Gonzalo Higuain who moved from Napoli to Juventus for the sum of 90 million euros.

In the first place o Enzo Fernandezfor which Chelsea spent 121 million euros in Benfica, while fourth is Angel Di Maria with 75 million euros for his transfer from Real Madrid to Manchester United.

In the fifth place of the relevant list o Lisandro Martines with 57 million euros from Ajax to Manchester United, with a sixth Hernan Crespo from Parma to Lazio instead of 56 million euros.

The most expensive Argentine transfers in history:

1. Enzo Fernandez to Chelsea (€121M)
2. Julian Alvarez to Atletico de Madrid (€95M)
3. Gonzalo Higuain to Juventus (€90M)
4. Angel Di Maria to Manchester United (€75M)
5. Lisandro Martinez to Manchester United (€57M)
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