Ricardo Alvarez agrees contract with mystery club
375 comments June 24th, 2011
Supposed Arsenal target Ricardo Alvarez has agreed a deal with an unnamed club.
Sources close to the player have told Gunnerblog that any club entering negotiations at this point is wasting their time – Alvarez has an “agreed commitment” to a mystery club.
Intriguingly, an hour or so after I posted this news to Twitter, journalist James Horncastle quoted Palermo chief Zamparini as saying he has missed out on Alvarez as he “has already signed for Arsenal”. The full story, in Italian, is here.
Whether or not this turns out to be true remains to be seen. Zamparini is not the most reliable of sources, and the newly wealthy Malaga are also rumoured to be on the case.
Alvarez holds an Italian passport, so would not require a work permit for any move.
I’d be lying if I said if I knew he was any good, but nonetheless, here’s some video clips so you can get unduly excited about the possibility of his arrival:
