He took the world by storm a month ago, during the super-exciting U17 World Cup, with a couple of mouth-watering performances. Almost singlehandedly leading his Argentina to the semifinals, where they lost to Germany after a penalty shoot, Claudio Echeverri became the hottest piece of football magic available on the market. Besides his usual nickname, Diablito (Little Devil), he was labelled as a ‘New Messi’. And, of course, became targeted by those biggest clubs around Europe, despite only making a handful of senior appearances for River Plate.Claudio Echeverri destroyed Brazil a month ago. He is a special talent pic.twitter.com/fg4JMfuUXt— Professor Hamza Treble champion (@mancityhardcore) December 17, 2023 According to sources, Manchester City are in the final stages of signing Diablito. However, as things currently stand, the highly-rated Argentinian attacking midfielder will be loaned back to River Plate until the end of the season. Fee excess will be around €20m euros.Both Chelsea and Barcelona have also shown interest in him, with the Blaugrana not having the financial means to proceed with his acquisition.##NAJAVA_MECA_7764232##
