Not only Messi, many members of the Argentine national team such as Rodrigo De Paul also congratulated Julian Alvarez on his move to Atletico Madrid. 

At the club led by coach Diego Simeone, in addition to Alvarez and De Paul, 

there are other Argentine players including Angel Correa, Nahuel Molina and Giuliano Simeone (son of coach Diego Simeone).

Julian Alvarez is a member of the Argentine national team that won the 2022 World Cup, 2021 and 2024 Copa America. 

He officially said goodbye to Man City after finishing the Olympics in France. At Atletico Madrid, Julian Alvarez signed a 6-year contract (until June 2030).

The total cost Atletico Madrid spent to have Julian Alvarez was up to 95 million euros, including a fixed fee of 75 million euros, plus an additional fee of 20 million euros. 

Man City made a huge profit in this deal, spending only about 15 million euros to recruit Julian Alvarez from River Plate Club 2 seasons ago.

With Julian Alvarez, Atletico Madrid is looking for another expensive striker, Joao Felix, to move to Chelsea and is trying to complete another purchase, midfielder Conor Gallagher, also from Chelsea. Conor Gallagher has completed a medical, but the parties have not yet agreed on transfer terms.

Atletico Madrid is currently the club with the most spending money in La Liga (Spain) to compete for the championship with Real Madrid, the team that recruited Kylian Mbappe (free) and Endrick 2 seasons ago. Meanwhile, Barcelona bought striker Dani Olmo from RB Leipzig for a fee of up to 55 million euros. Barcelona just had a pre-season match and lost heavily to Monaco with a score of 0-3. Real Madrid are set to play the European Super Cup against Atalanta (Italy) in Warsaw, Poland at 2:00 a.m. on August 15.

Inter Miami hopes Messi will return

According to coach Tata Martino: “Messi is still recovering from his injury and has been doing light training, as well as separate training with physical therapists. However, we still don’t know when he will return to play.”

Inter Miami are preparing for the Leagues Cup round of 16 match against Columbus Crew at Lower.com Field away at 6:30 a.m. on August 14. The team has traveled to the away field, with all its stars, but Messi is allowed to stay home to rest and continue to recover from his ankle injury.

“Messi’s absence affects us in different ways. Sometimes, his absence is more serious than the absence of other key players. But even when Messi is absent, it is an important factor.

We aim to build not only a competitive team but a competitive squad. When everyone is present, we are more reliable and have the ability to really compete. Our priority is to resolve the situation with Messi as quickly as possible, while maintaining the competitiveness of the team in his absence,” said coach Tata Martino.

Coach Tata Martino also expressed that in Messi’s absence, players under the age of 25 such as Diego Gomez, Federico Redondo, Benjamin Cremaschi and Marcelo Weigandt have all improved, along with the remaining experienced players such as Busquets, Alba and Suarez to keep Inter Miami moving forward.

Inter Miami’s growth since Messi’s arrival has also helped the team compete on equal terms with other strong MLS rivals who have recently recruited top stars such as Olivier Giroud (to Los Angeles FC) and Marco Reus, who is about to join LA Galaxy.

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Source: New York Post