Manchester Metropolis might have secret weapon to assist signal the ‘subsequent Lionel Messi’ forward of Actual Madrid and Barcelona.
Metropolis have been maintaining tabs on Argentine teenager Claudio Echeverri forward of a possible January swoop.
The Premier League champions despatched Etihad scouts to observe the River Plate attacking midfielder in motion on the Below-17s World Cup, the place he scored 5 objectives earlier than lacking a penalty in Argentina’s semi-final shoot-out defeat to Germany.
River Plate inserted a £21.44million buy-out clause into Echeverri’s contract final January, though that determine will reportedly attain £25.73million inside 10 days of any switch window closing.
The Buenos Aires membership at the moment are desperately scrambling to restructure the deal in an try and double the worth of the clause, in accordance The Mirror.
The report provides that Manchester Metropolis are hoping their relationship with River Plate from after they signed Julian Alvarez will give them a key benefit within the battle for his signature.
Alvarez signed for Pep Guardiola’s facet almost two years in the past, however was allowed to remain in Argentina for an additional six months to play within the Copa Libertadores.
The 23-year-old has since turn into a key member of the squad, scoring 25 objectives in 69 appearances throughout all competitions, and serving to them win a historic treble final season.
It stays to be seen whether or not Metropolis would grant Echeverri an analogous settlement, however they’re anticipated to face competitors from the likes of Actual Madrid, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and the 2 Milan golf equipment.
Discussing comparisons to Messi final month, Echeverri stated (through Sportskeeda): “I at all times stated that my idol was Messi, however I’m nowhere close to Messi! I additionally actually preferred Pablo Aimar, who’s a part of the national-team employees, and he’s spoken to me many instances.
“He’s an ideal particular person, and he provides me helpful pointers about what I have to right in my recreation. I’d most likely say ‘Pablito’, then – he was a gifted participant and liked to tackle defenders like me.”
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