He was bought for $400,000 and could be the new Kevin De Bruyne

Who can replace Kevin De Bruyne? Pep Guardiola has some options in Manchester City’s bench and is not because the Belgian master has to leave. He seems to be quite happy in the English club, which is also very comfortable at the lead of Premier League’s table. But of course, every new talent is welcome by the coach.

Some parts of the world are true gold mines in terms of soccer talent, and in some specific areas, they can also be reasonably good deals in financial terms. Don’t you think a new playmaker for Manchester City could be ok for just $400,000? That is what City Group paid for this rising player who has starred in his professional premier division debut.

City Group has paid less than half a million dollars for 19-year-old Tiago Palacios. He is from Argentina and played his first match in the top tier of his country last weekend. He plays for Platense, a small club at the north of Buenos Aires city, which earned promotion after being relegated from the Primera División in 1999. Palacios was born in 2001, he had never seen the team in the top.

Palacios had an outstanding performance in a shocking win over neighbourhood derby rivals Argentinos Juniors, in a much-celebrated victory given the long-awaited return to the top, in their first match of the season. The young midfielder will move to Montevideo City Torque, the group’s club in Uruguayan first division, next could be Manchester.