Julian Alvarez left Manchester City this summer for an eye-watering sum to join Atletico Madrid.

The initial feeling in Spain was that Alvarez was struggling to adjust to life at Atletico, having taken five games to score his first goal in La Liga.

His situation has now changed and Estadio Deportivo have praised the ex-City man who turned things around at Los Rojiblancos.

He scored twice against Vic in the Copa del Rey yesterday, prompting him to speak highly of how he was once ‘alone against the world’ but is now ‘increasingly lethal’ in front of goal for Diego Simeone’s side.

They also praise Alvarez’s work rate and ability to press high up the pitch, while also noting how he willingly drops deeper to pick up the ball and create for those around him.

The feeling is that Simeone would quickly become a fan of the Argentine and City could regret his sale.

It remains to be seen whether the latter turns out to be true or not, as Manchester City made a hefty fee from the sale of Alvarez and there is still a lot of work to be done by the player.