“Really hard time” – Manchester City player trying to regain ‘form that led to’ transfer

Claudio Echeverri arrived at the Etihad in January 2025, a year after Manchester City agreed a deal with River Plate.

The attacking midfielder struggled for regular minutes under Pep Guardiola, limited to 64 minutes from three matches for the Citizens.

Last summer, Manchester City let him join Bayer Leverkusen on a season-long loan deal, with the aim of helping the Argentine settle in Europe.

Two months ago, Sport Witness covered claims from Spain that Guardiola wanted him to join Girona last summer. However, the 20-year-old picked the Bundesliga side, and this clearly didn’t work out for him.

Echeverri making progress at Girona

Echeverri played 270 minutes from 11 matches for Bayer Leverkusen and was unhappy with his…