Long-rumored Argentine midfielder McAleese passes fitness test and finally joins the team.
Liverpool (England)
The two sides signed a five-year deal and McAllister will wear the No. 10 jersey. He is also the first player to play for the Bombers since Laney in 2013.
Liverpool (England)
of the World Cup-winning players.
Born in Santa Rosa, La Pampa in central Argentina, his father Carlos was a left back and a former teammate of Ballon d'Or's Maradona, who helped Argentina reach the final week of the World Cup 94 in the 1993 World Cup qualifying round. His other two brothers are footballers: Francis, a midfielder, and Kevin, a right-back, making them a family of four (along with his uncle Patricio, a former striker for Boca Junior). The three McAlister brothers have been playing soccer since they were young with their father, playing "baby futbol", a game for children, on the mini-field of Club Social Parque, a soccer school.
The academy has produced some of the most famous players such as Dewees, Lechemi, etc. At the age of 5, Mac Allister started training twice a week at the academy's mini-pitch. Later Carlos and Patricio founded Club Mac Allister under their family name. Carlos also works as a scout for different clubs and prepares reports on player scouting, and his three children also help their father in scouting players. So Mac Allister has been immersed in soccer since he was a child, and it's part of our life to watch, play and speak soccer together as a family. ("We eat football, we speak about football, we watch football. It's our way to live.")
McAllister joined Argentinos Juniors, a middle-class club in Buenos Aires that has produced stars such as Maldonado, Lecimiento, and Redondo, but the Argentinos Juniors team has long been in and out of relegation, so McAllister is no stranger to relegation battles. He is not the kind of player who plays for the big clubs as soon as he arrives. Originally, the Argentinean club Boca Jr. was interested in recruiting him, but it was not possible to win him over.
England Premier Soccer League
The terms of the offer to bring McAllister to England. His father Carlos said that he expected his son to prove his ability by playing well at Brighton, and to build a relationship with the local fans in order to repay the club for the kindness they had shown him. In two or three years time, he might be able to go on to play on a bigger stage, and his father's advice has come true.
McAllister's move to Brighton was initially delayed by a delay in his eligibility for a work permit and he was loaned back to Kobolga until early 2020 when he was able to play for Brighton. He was unable to do so until early 2020 when he was able to play for Brighton. However, he was suspended for a period of time after a landmark match against Wolves in March when he was a reserve in the league due to an outbreak. This made it harder for him to adapt, so he took the time to learn English. His first-class attitude was praised by his teammates at Bradenton. His teammate Dan Burn described McAleese as a subtle player, but he would become active whenever he encountered a channel, and he embodied the free-spiritedness of the South Americans on the pitch. Coach Alejandro Roncoroni, who coached him at Little Argentine, said McAlister is quiet and low key, but in private he is full of character and has a funny and even rebellious side, which is reflected on the soccer field.
Argentine journalist Martin Mazur said that Alistair McArthur is not a beast of a player like De Vries, but a ball leader who is always close to the ball and ready to use it, playing free kicks and so on. Another Argentine soccer columnist, Alejandro Casar, describes McAllister as a well-rounded attacking midfielder with a creative vision on the field and an ease of holding the ball, which is part of his ball playing DNA. Dan Burn, on the other hand, sees in McAllister a motivation and diligence rarely seen in South American players, and a willingness to run, and after team drills, he will stay low to play dead balls.
The most special thing about McAllister is that he has a very English surname, which is also the same as another Scottish star Gary McAllister (I still mess up the two English names from time to time), and the Scottish star, who was an assistant coach at Villa at that time, even wondered if they were distantly related, and asked him in person. In fact, McAllister, who hails from Argentina, is a descendant of Irish immigrants from Donabate, near the coast of Ireland, who emigrated to Argentina three or four generations ago. His father, Carlos, played mainly for domestic clubs during his playing days, racking up more than 300 league appearances and representing Argentina three times in his 13-year career, but he admits that his son's achievements, who has just won the World Cup, are far greater than his own. He is also pleased that his son has made the right choice in joining Brighton, which used to be perceived by Argentines as just a good place to learn English, but as McAlister and the club have made a name for themselves, Brighton is no longer just a place to learn English, but also a place to get noticed for its soccer, and McAlister is gradually gaining the love and recognition of its fans. His mentor, Roncoroni, believes that his pupil's footballing potential is unlimited and that he will continue to progress in European football.
