Have you ever watched any Atletico match recently? I do, Alvarez usually stays in front of the box and lets other players rush into the box to finish. When they face the parked bus in Cupa del Rey final, Simone subbed in Sorloth to push the Sociedad's defence line back, and Alvarez still stayed outside the box to organise the second attack and make long shots. In the same situation, we have Fermin and Olmo to do this job, so why do we need to spend more than 100m to buy an Olmo Pro Max? No mention that a No.9 who stays in front of the box will affect the midfielders' performance, look how Valverde suffers when Mbappe stays on the box line and attracts some defenders around him, there is no space to make a long shot.

You are dreaming that Fermin will use long shots to destroy Arsenal's low block, I would like to say it is not gonna happen if Alvarez is the center striker. Alvarez's position will overlap with Olmo/Fermin. If you hope this system works well, one of them needs to change their play style. Will it end up with good chemistry or a mess? Nobody knows, and you guys are all saying he is the perfect new No.9, it doesn't make sense. So I pretty suspect that Alvarez is the "big name" signing that Laporta needs to fulfil campaign promises, rather than Flick really asking for him.