Man City Defeats Barcelona To Recruit Argentine Stars At The 2023 U-17 World Cup

Argentine star at the 2023 U-17 World Cup Claudio Echeverri will play for Manchester City starting next season. (Doc. LOC WCU17/NFL)

JAKARTA - Manchester City beat Barcelona in the recruitment of Claudio Echeverri, the Argentine star U-17 at the 2023 U-17 World Cup. Echeverri's club, River Plate, rejected Barca and accepted Man City's offer for a higher price.

Echeverri became the star of the U-17 World Cup which immediately managed. The brilliant performance when competing in Indonesia, which hosted the World Cup, led the 17th-year-old striker as the most wanted player for European elite clubs.

Barca took aim at Echeverri first. However, not only Barca, but Man City and Chelsea are also interested in recruiting strikers who have scored five goals during their match in Indonesia.

However, the Blaugrana offered a price that was not in accordance with River Plate's request. Financial problems made Barca unable to compete in purchasing players.

This is what makes Barca unable to do anything when Man City offers a price of 25 million euros or approximately IDR 426 billion for Echeverri purchases.

The offer puts the Premier League giant at the pole position to get the player.

Not only that, Man City is also the most active in negotiating. They showed seriousness in bringing Echeverri. The results are not far from expected.

Although Echeverri hopes to join Barca, Man City, who managed to attract him because the offer was immediately approved by the elite Argentine club.

Echeverri has actually attracted the attention of European clubs since breaking into the first River Plate team this year. He has made six appearances in various domestic competitions, in the Primera Division of Argentina and the Trofeo de Campeones.

His performance increased when he defended Argentina U-17 at the U-17 World Cup. Especially after scoring a hat trick when Team Tango beat defending Brazil U-17 with a score of 3-0 in the quarter-finals.

Argentina has indeed failed to become the champion and is only ranked fourth. However, the Argentine U-17 alumni are increasingly shining.

Apart from Echeverri, River Plate is preparing to release the top scorers of the U-17 World Cup, Agustin Ruberto, and Ian Subiabre. Both also shine while working in Indonesia.