Claudio Echeverri. Once you’ve learned how to pronounce the Argentine’s last name, just keep an eye on the 19-year-old. On Thursday, the attacking midfielder finally arrived in Manchester. Well over a year ago, the teenager signed with Manchester City in a £12.5 million transfer, but has spent the last year finishing his game at River Plate and finishing with a tournament for the Argentine U20 national team.
Now Echeverri is officially in place at City, the expectations of what the 19-year-old with 43 games, 4 goals and 8 assists in his legs at the Argentine big club.
-Claudio is one of the biggest talents to come out of South America in recent years. We knew as soon as we saw him that we wanted him to be a Manchester City player. He has it all: Touch, technique, goalscoring flair and dribbling skills,” City’s director of football Begiristain told the club’s website.
“Now we have to take his skills and shape Claudio so that he can become a world-class player. We will give him everything he needs to become the best version of himself, says the sporting director.
Congratulations!
