Benfica Manager Discusses Permanent Transfer for Manchester City's Claudio Echeverri
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7-second readBenfica manager Marco Silva has discussed the prospect of signing Manchester City's Claudio Echeverri on a permanent basis after the conclusion of his loan in Portugal.
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Echeverri, 20, joined City from River Plate for £12.5 million in 2024 and is spending the 2026-27 season on loan at Benfica, where he has been used mainly as a substitute under Marco Silva.
The Argentine's 2025-26 campaign was spent away from the Etihad Stadium, with a season-long loan at Bayer Leverkusen bringing sporadic minutes before a January move to sister club Girona, where he registered one goal and one assist in 618 minutes.
Manchester City confirmed the loan in early September following a decision reportedly taken by director of football Hugo Viana and manager Enzo Maresca, in a summer that brought Elliot Anderson, Ayyoub Bouaddi and Enzo Fernandez into the Blues' midfield.
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