PEP GUARDIOLA will throw the ‘new Lionel Messi’ straight into Manchester Metropolis’s creaking squad subsequent month.
Argentine starlet Claudio Echeverri, 18, arrives from River Plate — a yr after a £12million deal was accomplished.
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Metropolis agreed to let him keep in his homeland for an additional season whereas the South American giants hoped to maintain him even longer.
However boss Guardiola has determined he desires to have the ability to name upon the attacking midfielder through the second half of the marketing campaign.
So Echeverri is shifting to England within the new yr to spend the remainder of the season coaching with the primary group.
He shall be out there to step in immediately however is more likely to want time to search out his ft in his new environment.
Metropolis had beforehand thought of sending {the teenager} to one in every of their sister golf equipment to achieve some European expertise.
That is still a chance for the summer time if the sensation is he’s nonetheless not able to problem for a spot in Pep’s group.
However the Etihad boss admitted on the weekend he’s desperately in need of choices after a pile-up of accidents.
And Echeverri shall be given each probability to indicate he can play a component within the set-up.
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The reigning Premier League champions beat off competitors from around the globe as they clinched the signing of the Argentina Below-17s captain final winter.
His place and elegance have seen him in comparison with his nation’s World Cup-winning skipper and Barcelona legend Messi — who Guardiola helped mould right into a famous person on the helm of the Spanish giants.
Echeverri broke into River’s first group 18 months in the past and has been taking part in commonly for them since.
His arrival comes within the wake of the information that the listening to into the 130 breaches of Monetary Honest Play guidelines levelled at Metropolis by the Premier League is now over.
A 3-man panel, who’ve heard either side over the past three months, will now contemplate the proof earlier than writing up the report.
Whereas the earliest an final result is predicted to be recognized is spring, there are fears it may run into subsequent season.
The listening to started on September 16 on the Worldwide Dispute Decision Centre in London and was initially scheduled to take ten weeks.
It has overrun by round a fortnight however it’s understood closing statements have been heard on the finish of final week.
Abu Dhabi-owned Metropolis are additionally accused of failing to co-operate with the investigation — which started in 2018 — of their alleged breaches of FFP.
If they’re discovered responsible, they may face an enormous factors deduction which can condemn them to relegation.
However either side would have the choice to enchantment in opposition to the choice if they don’t seem to be glad — that means it might be a number of extra months earlier than any such penalties are imposed.
What’s going to occur to Man Metropolis?
MAN CITY started the season as favourites to win the Premier League title but once more – however there’s one elephant within the room that threatens to place the skids below the Etihad giants.
Sunsport’s MARTIN LIPTON discusses what the following few months may maintain with Head of Sport SHAUN CUSTIS….
Custis: So the large query – will there be a decision this season?
Lipton: Sure…. most likely! It’s going to take not less than a month to undergo the proof. So I believe round March, April time, we’ll get a end result. However that’s the place it begins to get difficult.
Custis: Why is that?
Lipton: If the result’s in Metropolis’s favour, that is the tip of the matter. They are going to be cleared. They’ll haven’t any punishment to face.
But when Metropolis are discovered responsible, these would be the heaviest penalties ever imposed by the Premier League.
I believe if they’re discovered responsible, they are going to be expelled from the league or given a large factors deduction and an enormous superb in order that they are not within the Premier League subsequent season.
Take a look at the complete dialogue on Man Metropolis’s future.
