Send maven Fabrizio Romano insurance claims River Plate wonderkid Claudio Echeverri is “chummy to finishing upward via” Individual City in the January send abode window.
The Owners have been connected via Echeverri – that possesses been dubbed the ‘next Lionel Messi’ in Argentina – over the last few months after the 17-year-ratty rendered his advancement right into the River Plate first group this year.
Defending Premier League champs Individual City have rendered a the specific same footfall before via the buy of Julian Alvarez from River Plate in January 2022 via the demonstrator lingering at the Argentine side until that summer.
And also currently Romano possesses revealed that a bargain for Echeverri – that possesses scored 12 purposes in 20 appearances for the Argentina Under-17s – is ‘nearly implemented’ via Individual City ‘proceeding to the final phases’ as Barcelona situate it “unobtainable” to avail a bargain implemented for the striking midfielder.
Romano comprised in his Collared Offside pillar: “Claudio Echeverri is chummy to finishing upward via Manchester City and today I want to define to you what’s going on around this boy, offered that Barcelona altogether longed him.
“Deco is a colossal follower of the player and in addition numerous other humans in the nightclub construe this talented boy super perfectly. He’s tinkering for River Plate and was under devotion until December 2024, a lethal eventuality for River offered that his let loose provision is merely €25m euros going upward to €30m in the final 10 days of the abode window.
“It’s unobtainable for Barcelona to gain the bargain happen offered that of Fiscal Mart Tinker constraints, even though he was altogether tempted by the avenue to symbol upward via Barcelona offered that he’s realized to be a colossal follower.
“Chelsea rendered some calls to gain sure they were in the race for Echeverri, yet at the end of the day, Manchester City are the colossal favourites and are proceeding to the final phases of this story.”
Romano contained: “They’re currently working out unprejudiced via River Plate whom they have an unspoiled relationship via after what they did via Julio Álvarez, and the peculiarity is to execute it over again via the specific same frame.
“City will let Echeverri grip recommend at River Plate for at the super least six months, then will decide whether they want to carry in the player next summer or next wintertime. The bargain is proceeding yet is not implemented yet.”
