Roma have reportedly increased their offer to sign Manchester City youngster Claudio Echeverri, with the Serie A side seeking a loan with an option to buy.
Echeverri, 19, agreed to join City from River Plate for £12.5million in January 2023, but remained on loan at the club for a year.
The highly-rated attacking midfielder eventually joined Pep Guardiola's squad in February.
Echeverri has made three appearances for Man City to date, with the teenager coming off the bench in the FA Cup final, as well making a brief cameo on the final day of the Premier League season.
The midfielder scored his first Man City goal against Al Ain in the Club World Cup in June, with the Argentine firing in a superb free kick for his new club.
Echeverri's future remains in doubt, amid reports Man City had planned to loan him to their sister club Girona in Spain.
Reports in Italy have claimed the teenager has turned down the move and wants to link up with fellow Argentinians Paulo Dybala and Matias Soule at Roma.
According to the Rome based Corriere dello Sport, the Serie A side have submitted an offer to sign Echeverri on loan with an option to buy for £29million.
The offer reportedly marks an increase from an initial £21million option.
Roma are claimed to be insistent on having an option to buy to avoid increasing Echeverri's value next season, only for him to return to Man City.
The club are said to have included an £35million buy-back clause in their offer, which would net them a £6million profit if activated by Man City.
It is claimed Echeverri is keen to make the move, which is being pushed by Roma boss Gian Piero Gasperini.
Prior to joining Man City, Echeverri made 48 appearances in all competitions for River Plate in Argentina, contributing four goals and eight assists.
The 19-year-old's stock rose further when he was the driving force during Argentina Under-20s run to the final at the South American Championships in January.
Captaining the side, Echeverri netted six goals and recorded three assists during the tournament.
Echeverri, who was handed his River Plate debut by former City defender Martin Demichelis, also shone at the Under 17 World Cup in 2023, scoring five goals.
This included a hat-trick against Argentina's arch-rivals Brazil.
IfeanyiGod
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Whoever has PEP email, please share it so we can talk to him directly because he is destroying many young players' future, look at the like of Kevin Phillips, Cole Palmer, Morgan Rodgers, Victor Ries, etc now he is busy sending our wonder kid away just for him to keep old and tired tyre's players such as Ake, Stones, Ikay, Grealish, Covacic, Silver, And Ruben plus those 2 old Shot stoppers... please PEP just Leave the club if your airm is to destroy Man City. Otherwise, we will open FANS PETITION for you...
You're very funny, city is a big club bro. Look at our number, look at our attachking midfield, we have Cherki, Reijnders, Foden, Bernardo, all this high class playerscontesting 2 attacking spots, with Rodri and Nico Gonzalez contesting the Dm role. So where do you expect Pep to play Echeverri?? On the wing? where we have Savinho and Oscar Bobb at the right and then Doku, Grealish and Marmoush on the left. Remember Marmoush also plays as an attacking midfielder. The boy doesn't have much chance but to be loaned to atleast her playing time and develope, if he doesn't like it, let him leave like palmer did. I don't know if you think Vitor Reis is better than Dias or Akanji, remember this two are the main starters with Ake and Gvardiol as their sub. So I'm with pep in this, you can't have everything
PABLO666DEILARIUS
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Whoever has PEP email, please share it so we can talk to him directly because he is destroying many young players' future, look at the like of Kevin Phillips, Cole Palmer, Morgan Rodgers, Victor Ries, etc now he is busy sending our wonder kid away just for him to keep old and tired tyre's players such as Ake, Stones, Ikay, Grealish, Covacic, Silver, And Ruben plus those 2 old Shot stoppers... please PEP just Leave the club if your airm is to destroy Man City. Otherwise, we will open FANS PETITION for you...
TadiwanasheMasawi
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Pep must be out of his f*cking mind if he let Claudio go. That kid is future and you could see with the less games he played, he had something in mind
Jidaelnuy
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pep why are you doing this if you don't want to stay, here we go
Midaimsty
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pep, you better leave the club if you will not work with young players
Rumceioru
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he's not for sale please
pouabdpuyz
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at this stage man city board and pep has gone mental....
BrianKessy767
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pep let reis out on loan so he can keep his mr injury stones 😞😞😞
kutdeikryz
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pep please leave this club , you no longer the same with your mentality of old players, what's wrong with you for not learning for last Saison give this young players chances if not go with your Bernardo , akhanji, gundo , ake we are tired of this
ChiloWest
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Taking a player at Roma is like destroying their career
faodmnotuz
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useless guadiola always selling young players,see palmer,fripong, Rodgers, Diaz, and many others, at least sale those old ones like gudo, kovacic,stones,ake , grealish, not cloudio , please can't you the potential in that guy, see what Barca did , they are using the youngest squad , see cubarsi, yamal, firmin
userdoesntexist
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HE IS NOT FOR SALE!!!! 😡
Lookmrsy
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city must have buy back clause in the deal bcuz he's future