Barcelona thought they had the new Lionel Messi, Pep Guardiola stole him for Man City

Claudio Echeverri is one of the most spectacular talents that have been seen in recent years in Argentine. Not for nothing has he already been dubbed the new Lionel Messi. Claudio Echeverri emerged as a talent and now the biggest clubs in Europe are behind him.

The new Messi is one of the great promises of football and many are already comparing him to Lionel Messi because of his similar movements and the occasional copied play they have made. Barça and the player's representative had everything done, but his club wanted the full 25 million euros of his clause.

Manchester City came into action to acquire the player's services, as confirmed by journalist Ed Aarons from 'The Guardian' and which was corroborated by Fabrizio Romano. The player will sign for City but they will leave him on loan at River Plate for a year so that he can add the minutes in the first team that he had not seen until a few weeks ago. And in this way, they completely distance him from his dream of playing for Barça, as he himself admitted not long ago.

Echeverri confessed not long ago, before going to the U-17 World Cup in Indonesia, that he wanted to play for Barça since he was little since he grew up watching his idol Lionel Messi at the club and has a very special affection for him. In addition, a week ago he confessed that he was not going to renew with River to, at that time, join the Blaugrana, although everything took a different turn in the last hours.