**Pep Guardiola**gave his take on **Man City**loanee Claudio Echeverri.
The Argentine has gone out on loan to Bayer Leverkusen for the season, and he could face his parent club in the Champions League on Tuesday night, but he has struggled to make a mark in Germany.
City reportedly wanted the teenager to take the opportunity to play for Girona, with whom they have established connections, as **Vitor Reis**has done this campaign. The central defender is benefiting from the chance to have consistent minutes on the field, whereas Echeverri has earned only four appearances in the **Bundesliga**for Die Werkself, and there could soon be crunch talks about his future.
The representatives of Echeverri were eager for the player to make the move to Germany instead of taking the advice of the club, and it appears the player is paying the price in a year where he should be showing why the Citizens chose to invest in his services for a fee of £12.5 million from River Plate.
Guardiola has given glowing assessments of the 19-year-old in the past, throwing him into the mix in the 1-0 **FA Cup**final defeat against Crystal Palace in May before he scored a brilliant free kick in a 6-0 thrashing of **Al Ain**in the **Club World Cup**in June. But the judgment of the teenager and his agent might have been errant here, and the words of the manager were telling about his perspective.
“[On re-calling the Argentine star to Manchester in January] It’s a question for his beautiful agent.
“Always we love that the players alone play a lot of minutes: the intention is always there.
*“We have an incredible appreciation about him as a player, and what happened in Bayer Leverkusen, you have to ask, I don’t know because I’m not involved and didn’t speak with him. I’m pretty sure his agent will know everything than everyone.”*