Last week, ahead of Manchester Derby, Kevin de Bruyne announced that he would leave Manchester City At the end of the season, after his contract expires.
Pep Guardiola declared this a “Sad Day” for all related to the club, welcoming Belgian as “one of the greatest” players who are ever gracious Premier league by its presence.
Given that De Bruyne has achieved 106 goals and registered 176 assists in 414 appearances for citizens, so far, winning 16 trophies, it is easy to understand why.
This news, of course, immediately caused a multitude of transfers rumors, guessing who Sky Blues could target to fill this gigantic void, but is Man City already boasting a “future superstar” that is capable of becoming the next De Bruyne? Can I save millions this summer?
The interest of Manchester City for Wirtz and Gibbs-White
As he reported David Ornstein from athleticsManchester City have both Florian Wirtz and Morgan Gibbs-White ‘Among the options (they) will consider replacing’ leaving Kevin de Bruyne.
Adrian Capuent and Lyall Thomas of Sky Sports Draw how the arrival sports director Hugo Viana drives most of the employment strategy of citizens, stating that it ‘oversees many players’.
Host Talxport Max Scott Believes Gibbs-White was “one of the best players in the Premier League” this season, and the Englishman scored a hit Five goals and accumulated nine assists for Noottingham forest.
Meanwhile, Ruairidh Barlow from Españo Football Wirtz ‘Generation Talent’ marks, quoting Stephan von Nocks report in Kicker This claims that the 21-year-old is likely to leave Bayer Leverkusen at the end of this season.
Of course, both are undoubtedly quality talents, but is Man City already boasting a larger future star on their books?
Man City teenager could be the perfect replacement for De Bruyne
Manchester City signed Claudio Echeverri with River Plate for Reported fee of £ 12.5 million Back in January 2024, before the teenager spent the rest of the calendar year on loan with La Banda.
His arrival in Manchester then delayed further because he was allowed to compete at the South American U20 Championship in Venezuela, a key personality in the Argentine team that finished second in the tournament, reaching scoring Six goals in nine games.
Analyst Ben Mattinson Echeverri “future superstar” tags, while Journalist Guillem Balagua He believes he will be among the “following sensations” of Argentine football.
In the meantime, writing in Guardian’s Next Generation of 2023 seriesJuan Carlos Pasman praises his “excellent skill of close control and dribble”, as well as his ‘exceptional first touch’ and “first -class” transient ability, marking him ‘classic number ten’.
As he noted Pro future starsEcheverri is classified as the third best ‘infiltration of the midfielder’ 21 years old or less, according to the Ciess triggered by Wyscout, so let’s evaluate his career statistics so far.
The table also describes that Echeverri has the end product, especially shows it for the Argentina U20s, but that it is also very inexperienced, playing just over 2,500 minutes at the senior level for the River Plate.
So, he still has to appear on the Manchester City team, hoping that Guardiola will give him his debut before the end of the season, or maybe during this summer club World Cup.
So, although this is probably a big question that he expects Echeverri to replace De Bruyne immediately, he certainly shows the potential to do so one day. As such, citizens could potentially save themselves from forming ours for Wirtz and Gibbs-White this summer.
