Claudio Echeverri arrived at Manchester City in January, a year after they agreed a deal with River Plate. He wants to leave this summer after being limited to 64 minutes under Pep Guardiola.
The attacking midfielder has a desire to join AS Roma on loan, and earlier claims from Italy reported that they want to include a purchase option.
On August 1st, journalist Daniele Longo reported Manchester City are open to letting the 19-year-old leave on dry loan, which doesn’t suit Roma.
On Thursday, Argentine journalist César Luis Merlo stated the Serie A side have included a €30m purchase obligation plus a buyback option. The Citizens have turned it down and Friday’s edition of Sport backs it up and provides more on this case.
It’s claimed the Premier League club have rejected the Giallorossi’s offer of loan with a €33m purchase option as their plan is to send the player on loan to Girona.
Mundo Deportivo relay claims made elsewhere about Manchester City rejecting Roma’s offer and then provide their own updates.
The English club rejected Roma’s offer because they didn’t sign Echeverri to ‘generate immediate financial returns’.
Their plan is to help him adjust to European football and Girona appear to be the ‘most solid’ option as Míchel’s playing style is similar to that of Guardiola.
The Argentine’s preference is to join Roma, but the newspaper states he hasn’t imposed any conditions, nor has he rejected Girona. Mundo says Manchester City, for their part, ‘aren’t considering any other scenario’ apart from sending him to the La Liga club.
Manchester City have already acted tough by rejecting Roma’s offer and a dry loan move to Girona is likely to go through.