While Haaland cost 60 million, what Manchester City will pay for the new Messi

Manchester City has fully entered into the operation to sign the new Messi. According to Sky and The Guardian, it is a fact that the player will be a new Manchester City player, but the plan remains to be defined with the player, regarding his arrival in the summer of 2024 or January 2025. However, what has been confirmed It is a significant amount that they will pay for the footballer.

Manchester City reached an agreement to spend a million-dollar sum and sign the new 'jewel' of Argentine football, Claudio Echeverri, called by some the 'new Messi'. English and Argentine media assume this Wednesday that the young 17-year-old midfielder, currently in the ranks of his country's River Plate, will be a Citizens player.

“Manchester City has reached an agreement with River Plate to sign Claudio Echeverri, Argentine star of the Under-17 World Cup, for 25 million euros (21.7 million pounds), thus surpassing Barcelona in the bid for his signing,” said The Guardian. “Having signed Julián Álvarez from River Plate in January 2022 in a similar deal that saw the striker remain in Argentina before moving to England the following summer, City are understood to have convinced Echeverri and his club to join an agreement".

The condition that River Plate sets with Echeverri

According to the Argentine media TyC Sports, River seeks to keep the capital gain from a future sale and thus add some money when that option arises. Something similar happened in 2022 with the transfer of the current world champion Julián Álvarez and the Brazilian Gabriel Jesús, who spent six months on loan at Palmeiras before leaving.