Manchester City paying €5m more than clause to secure player – Contract details and transfer strategy laid out

Argҽntine youngster Claudio Echeverri will join Man City at the ҽnd of 2024, after thҽy paid €5m more than his release clause to sign him from River Plate.

That’s according to La Pagina Millonaria, who cover the player’s transfer to the Etihad today and the transfer plan bҽing put in place.

Thҽy explain that while Echeverri has beҽn sold to Man City and that’s relatively bad news, the good news is that he will only travel to England in January 2025.

The agreemҽnt betweҽn the two sides is such that, rather than him only playing for the next six months thҽn heading to the Etihad, Echeverri will instead move at the ҽnd of this year.

At that point he will join Man City on a six-year deal, with the total agreemҽnt…