Transfer News: Manchester City confirms the signing of new highly attacking midfielder
Now that the January transfer window remains open, Manchester City football club are taking advantage of that to sign some players who will further strengthen their current squad.
The Premier League giants made some signings during the summer transfer window as they confirmed the arrivals of Jeremy Doku, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic and Matheus Nunes.
Despite these signings last year, Manchester City football club are not resting on their laurels just yet as they keep making moves for new players to improve their first-team squad.
And now, Manchester City football club have already confirmed the signing of River Plate highly-rated attacking midfielder Claudio Echeverri in this January transfer window.
The 18-year-old Argentina International, who gained promotion to the River Plate first-team squad back in 2023 has proven to be one of the best young talents in the league.
The highly-rated Claudio Echeverri captained Argentina U-17 squad as they made it to the semi-finals of the FIFA U-17 World Cup back in November and December 2023.
Claudio Echeverri was very influential for the Argentina U-17 squad as he scored a hat-trick in Argentina’s 3-0 victory over Brazil U-17 during the competition last year.
His excellent performances has caught the attention of Manchester City football club and according to reports from the club official page on Twitter, the Premier League side have signed him for £12.5million.
The reports further claimed that Claudio Echeverri has signed a four-and-half year deal at Manchester City and he is expected to return to River Plate on loan until January 2025.
It is believed that Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is a big fan of his potential and he would be delighted that Manchester City have new secured the signing of Claudio Echeverri for the future.
That said, Claudio Echeverri is now expected to return to River Plate on loan till January 2025 in order to further develop before moving to Manchester City football club.
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John Obi Mikel says £55m Man City star has the best right foot in the world
John Obi Mikel has said that Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has the best right foot in world football.
The 32-year-old is currently in the midst of his ninth season at the Manchester club since arriving from Wolfsburg in 2015 for a fee of £55m.
Now though, the Belgian has found himself on the end of some significant recognition from one former top-flight midfielder.
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After picking Lionel Messi for his ideal left foot in a recent video shared on Goal’s Tik Tok channel where he was asked to build his ultimate footballer, Mikel had this to say when asked to pick a player with the best right foot.
He said: “I know the [Cristiano] Ronaldo fans are going to kill me but I’m going to go [with] Kevin De Bruyne.”
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During his time at City, De Bruyne has played in 361 games across all competitions, scoring 97 goals and providing 155 assists along the way.
Out of the 65 Premier League goals he’s scored throughout his career, 44 of them have been scored with his right foot and 21 with his left.
This shows while he may be more dominant with his right foot, his left is still very capable of delivering high quality goal contributions.
With all of that in mind, it’s undeniable that City have benefited greatly from De Bruyne’s right foot over a significant period of time.
In fact, it’s safe to say that the 32-year-old has been one of the best signings the club have made within the past decade.
Now that the midfielder is back from a long spell on the sidelines after undergoing hamstring surgery, we feel that he could play a big part in potentially seeing his side regain the titles he helped them win last season if he’s able to stay fit.
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