According to AS, Atlético Madrid's sporting director, Matteo Alemany, watched the team's afternoon training session at the Cero del Espino training ground, focusing on the national team players who returned after the World Cup.
Alvarez was among them. He had just returned to Majadahonda in the morning and completed a personal training session with Luis Pinedo, which consisted of both gym and field activities. In the afternoon, Alvarez returned to the Cero del Espino training ground with his agent, Fernando Hidalgo, who was driving him. Hidalgo dropped the striker off at the Atlético Madrid training ground and then left.
Thus, the Argentine completed his second training session since returning to the team and is gradually resuming full training. Alemani's presence was quite noticeable. He spent almost the entire training session with his phone, monitoring the situation at the training ground and keeping track of the players' return. The sporting director spent Alvarez's first day back at the training ground with him, but there was no indication that the two spoke. The Argentine was one of the most talked-about names at the beginning of the season.
During the World Cup, his future was a hot topic in the transfer market. Now, his return to Atletico Madrid has once again drawn attention to his future and his relationship with the club. The most important day will come on Wednesday when Alvarez will reunite with Simeone and begin training with the team. Atletico Madrid is gradually welcoming back its international players, and the focus in the next few days will be on physical training and gradually adapting to the intensity of preseason preparations.
