Another Argentine ‘pearl’ will make the great sporting leap by landing in Europe in the competitive first division. Is about Claudio the ‘Little Devil’ Echeverriwho, according to Fabrizio Romano, a sports journalist specialized in the transfer market, will be the player city of manchester. A boy of only 17 years old who did not have easy beginnings in Silver riverclub that he joined when he was 11 years old, and that now arouses some fear in his native country due to his enormous change.
In recent years there has been a certain tendency for Argentine ‘jewels’ to jump directly from the South American competition to the first division. serve as an example Maximo Perrone, Enzo Fernandez oh Julian Alvarez, among many others. However, there are many players who, with a bright future ahead of them, rushed with the decision to play in Europe and stayed that way, footballers with a great future, but without any present.
“WE DON’T WANT IT TO BE ANOTHER WASTED TALENT”
SPORT has been able to speak with one of the coaches who addressed Echeverri in the lower categories of Silver river and assures that “In Argentina there is some fear that he has made the leap too early and will chain loan after loan until he runs out of opportunities in Europe. “We don’t want him to be another wasted talent.”confess.
Comparing his arrival to city of manchester with that of Julian Alvarezconsiders that: “It has nothing to do with it. Julián arrived older, more mature, with more experiences. “He played in the Libertadores final in Madrid.”.
It is evident that European and South American football have many differences. He assesses it in the following way: “European football is different from Argentine football, it is not as physical. In Argentina he would do two dribbles and they would lift him off the ground.”
Your desire is clear. “I hope Echeverri triumphs“The greats of Europe have fought for him, and that is a good sign of the talent he possesses. However, in football nothing is set in stone. And as in life itself, every decision made has a consequence.