Overview

• Claudio Echeverri has approved a switch to Serie A and is now awaiting Pep Guardiola’s final sign-off.
• Both clubs are negotiating whether to add a purchase option or proceed with a straight one-season loan.
• The 19-year-old Argentine has featured just 64 minutes and scored one Club World Cup goal since joining Manchester City.
• New Roma coach Gian Piero Gasperini has made Echeverri his top target to boost creativity and power in the attack.
• City paid €18.5 million to sign him from River Plate in early 2023 and often uses loans to develop young South American talent.