A piece of advice from River Plate coach and former Man City player Martin Demichelis to Claudio Echeverri (©Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images)
Echeverri good signing for City - 'new Messi' lands at Etihad
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Reading Time: 1min | Thu. 25.01.24. | 16:33
The 18-year-old midfielder will stay on loan at his current side River Plate throughout 2024
Manchester City has signed Argentina Under-17 midfielder Claudio Echeverri, currently playing for River Plate. The Cityzens will pay around £12.5m for Echeverri, who has agreed on a four-and-a-half-year deal that runs to 2028.
However, the talented kid, labelled a 'new Messi', will remain with the Argentine club throughout 2024. City agreed on a similar deal with River for Argentina forward Julian Alvarez in January 2022.
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Echeverri - who made just six first-team appearances for River - was Argentina's captain at the U17 World Cup in November and scored a hat-trick as they beat Brazil 3-0 in the quarter-finals. He finished the tournament with five goals as Argentina came fourth after losing the third-place play-off.
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