Hugs, bows and the World Cup: this is how Julián Álvarez was received on his return to Manchester City

Julián Álvarez, striker for the Argentine National Team and Manchester City, returned to the English team to rejoin training after winning the World Cup in Qatar and was received by his teammates for what he is: a world champion.

In a video published by the Citizens team, the man who emerged in River is seen entering the facilities and thanking all the greetings from the employees. Then, his teammates begin to appear and congratulate him on his great participation in the World Cup.

The entire squad greeted the Argentine while they had lunch. The English jack Grealish bowed to him for the level he had during the World Cup, while the Norwegian Erling Haaland, a competitor in the team's attack, gave him a big hug.

Also, in the kinesiology area, there was a replica of the World Cup trophy and a button to order what you wanted. Later, in training, the City players threw the Cordovan into the air in celebration mode.

“He (Álvarez) will be back soon, yes. After New Years, he'll be here. He comes back in shape. He is in a position to train at a high level and play, and then we will decide, "said Josep Guardiola in the last hours, during the press conference prior to the match against Everton at the weekend.

The game will be this Saturday and City will take to the field again on Thursday, January 5, nothing more and nothing less than against Liverpool. It will be necessary to see if the Cordovan from Calchín can already integrate the bench of substitutes in that game.

In the last duel, against Leeds, the citizens defeated Leeds 3-1 as a visitor with two goals from Erling Haaland.

The recognitions for the albiceleste players are maintained, although they changed their scenario. They are no longer their cities of origin, their family homes or some iconic place in the country, but rather they moved to their clubs, where they began to return after having a few days of rest and celebration. On Thursday, the first to receive these awards were Rodrigo De Paul, Nahuel Molina, Ángel Correa (at Atlético de Madrid), plus Germán Pezzella and Guido Rodríguez (at Real Betis), in the resumption of the Spanish League.

The Seville team, chronologically, was the first to take advantage of the start of the match against Athletic Bilbao at the Benito Villamarín stadium. There Pezzella and Rodríguez approached the central circle of the playing field and received an emotional applause from the fans.

Before entering the field, the players posed next to a replica of the World Cup trophy that they were able to lift at the Lusail stadium in Qatar after winning the final against France. The trophy was encapsulated in a glass box. "Welcome home again, champions," the Spanish club quoted on its social networks along with an image of both players posing with the trophy.

A while later, at the Metropolitan stadium in the Spanish capital, there was a triple recognition in the preview of Atlético de Madrid vs Elche.

Before the start of the match, a tribute was paid to the five Atlético de Madrid World Cup players who reached the semifinals in Qatar 2022: the world champions with Argentina Rodrigo De Paul, Ángel Correa and Nahuel Molina; runner-up Antoine Griezmann, with France; and the third classified Ivo Grbic, with Croatia.

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Before the start of the match, a tribute was paid to the five Atlético de Madrid World Cup players who reached the semifinals in Qatar 2022: the world champions with Argentina Rodrigo De Paul, Ángel Correa and Nahuel Molina; runner-up Antoine Griezmann, with France; and the third classified Ivo Grbic, with Croatia.