The three-time winners are believed to have reached an agreement to sign the 18-year-old for a fee of £21. 7m, and he will dedicate his long career alongside Pep Guardiola for the next six years.
Echeverri will follow in the footsteps of Julian Alvarez, who also swapped River Plate for the Etihad but spent six more months on loan with the Argentine side in the second half of the 2021-22 campaign.
Echeverri’s contract with River Plate only lasts until the end of Calfinishar’s year, which has sparked anger among enthusiasts as the club has tied the midfielder to a long-term contract with a hefty buyout clause.
However, SportCenter – via ESPN Deportes – Francescoli claimed that it would have been up to his team to insert a nine-figure buyout clause into the deal, and that his team still receives a smart amount of cash for the teenager.
“He’s very calm, I see him like last year. Obviously he has to have his internal stuff. But he deserves it, he’s a wonderful guy. He’s doing really well, with his feet on the ground beyond what’s going down. “”At 18, that’s a lot. I spoke to him a few days ago. It’s wonderful, calm,” Francescoli said.
“I get it. People get impatient and don’t know how things are going. There is no longer an ideal world as we imagine. We have to live with globalization on a daily basis. It’s the same in football. It’s worth it. ” It’s no surprise that it’s very difficult to sustain long-term projects.
“The inevitable ones are these, players like Claudio who surprise, who excite many people. Distant markets and others closer like the Brazilian, which has more economic power than us and has an easier path in the economic part. River has that condition to at least consider having him play for a year.
“A sale without a clause as is the great desire, a very similar box and it stays with us for a year. Things were done right, with the will of the boy, his agent and City, who may have only waited six months. “to keep it in mind.
“The sale is very good economically. We know the conditions he has, but he is only 18 years old. You cannot put a clause of 100 million on the players like in Europe, which has high salaries. It is not that easy.”
Echeverri is yet to truly make a name for himself in the River Plate first team, only managing one assist from six appearances, but he has been a standout performer for Argentina at Under-17 level.
Last April, Echeverri scored a tournament-high five goals at the South American Under-17 Championship, as well as providing three assists, as Argentina finished third, Ecuador and champion Brazil.
Seven months later, the 2006-born midfielder captained Argentina at the Under-17 World Cup and amassed another quintet of goals for his nation, guiding them to the semi-finals before they were dumped out by Germany on penalties.
Chelsea and Real Madrid are said to have kept an eye on the River Plate youngster before Man City reached an agreement with their South American counterparts, and he secured his first call-up to Argentina’s under-23 squad for the upcoming CONMEBOL call-up. up. Olympic Tournament.