Manchester City set to beat Barça and Real Madrid to signing of Argentine prodigy Claudio Echeverri
Argentine prodigy Claudio Echeverri , one of the stars of the recent u-17 World Cup, is set to join Manchester City from River Plate, with last season’s Premier League and Champions League winners having seemingly fought off com Pet ition from Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea. The 17-year-old has long been touted as one of South America and indeed world soccer’s hottest prospects but has only made six first-team appearances for the Buenos Aires-based club, making his first start in Saturday’s Trofeo de Campeones - effectively an Argentine Super Cup - victory over Rosario Central. Argentina's Claudio Echeverri has a hat-trick vs. Brazil at the U17 World Cup ♨️♨️♨️ pic.twitter.com/gMBYS1HsU5 — B/R Football (@brfootball) November 24, 2023 Teenager “won’t sign new River Plate contract” In the immediate aftermath of the Game , the playmaker caught everyone off guard by revealing he wouldn’t be signing a new deal with River but that he would be willing to stay for “six mont...