Man City Club returns to play in the English Premier League after winning the Club World Cup, with a match against Everton at Goodison Park on December 28. ‘Green Man’ also started shopping soon, completing the purchase of 2 young stars.

“Man City will become the first club in the Premier League to have player purchases completed right before the winter transfer window opens from January 1, 2024. That is the possession of young talent Finlay Gorman (born in 2008) bought from Leeds Club.

In particular, Man City has reached the final stages of negotiations for the purchase of player Claudio Echeverri from River Plate Club, for a total fee of only 20 million euros. Transfer information hunter Fabrizio Romano said on December 27.

Information about Claudio Echeverri joining Man City was also confirmed by journalist Gaston Edul of TyC Sports channel (Argentina).

“The Echeverri deal is very similar to the previous case of River Plate striker Julian Alvarez joining Man City. After completing the transfer contract, Echeverri will be loaned back to River Plate by Man City for 6 to 12 months, before when this player officially goes to England to play at Etihad Stadium,” Gaston Edul said, through a tweet posted on social network account X (old Twitter) on December 27.

Previously, Man City bought Julian Alvarez from River Plate for a fee of only 21.4 million euros. At the age of 23, after nearly 2 seasons playing for Man City, Julian Alvarez has now won almost all the most important championship titles at the team and club level in both Europe and South America, including the championship. World Cup 2022, Copa America 2021, Premier League champion, Champions League champion, FA Cup champion, European Super Cup winner and most recently, Club World Cup champion…

The cost of buying Julian Alvarez and now another very promising young talent of Argentine football, Claudio Echeverri, cost Man City a total of only 41.4 million euros. Meanwhile, they sold striker Ferran Torres to Barcelona in December 2021 for up to 55 million euros. These are considered wise purchases by Man City Sports Director, Mr. Txiki Begiristain.

In the English Premier League, Man City is busy participating in the Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia, causing them to currently play 1 to 2 matches less than teams in the top 4 such as Tottenham, Aston Villa, Arsenal and top team Liverpool. .

Man City is ranked 5th with 34 points, 8 points behind top team Liverpool. If they win against Everton, Man City will shorten the score gap to return to the championship race. However, in 6 matches in the Premier League before competing in the Club World Cup, “Green Man” only won 1, drew 4 and lost 1.