Bild: Guardiola is dissatisfied with Echeverry's lack of opportunities in pharmaceutical companies and may rent him back to River Plate
6686 Sports News on November 15 According to the German "Bild" report, the 19-year-old Echeverri, who was loaned to Bayer Leverkusen by Manchester City this summer, has caused dissatisfaction with Guardiola due to the difficulty in finding opportunities to play. Manchester City will most likely loan him out for a second time during the winter window.
Echeverry has only played 240 minutes in the Bundesliga and Champions League this season, which is far from Manchester City's high expectations. Now the Argentine youngster has become a hot topic of private discussion within the team at Leverkusen. "Bild" learned that Manchester City's loan contract with Leverkusen contains a clause that gives Manchester City the right to recall players in advance if their development does not meet expectations. The current situation is in line with the applicable conditions of this clause.
On November 25, the heads of the two teams will meet in Manchester, when Manchester City will face Leverkusen in the Champions League. One of the core issues at this meeting was: Where will Echeverri's future go? Relevant decisions are expected to be made before January.
The current trend is: Echeverri will return to England in the winter window, and then Manchester City will most likely loan him out for a second time. One of the popular destinations is a return to his Argentinian youth club River Plate.
Regarding Echeverry’s dilemma at Leverkusen, Leverkusen sporting director Rolfs explained: “We must first make the defense more solid before we can control the game at a technical and strategic level. The better we do, the better a ball like Echeverri will "The more players can benefit from it." But he also emphasized: "Echeverry performed well in practice, and he is in a state of catching up."
In the 2023 U17 World Cup, Echeverry was hailed as the "new Messi" with his 5-goal performance. At that time, Manchester City defeated giants such as Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain to sign him at a price of 18.5 million euros + floating bonuses.
