Manchester City fans have expressed bewilderment over a player that the club is now working to loan out.
The Citizens have had a busy summer on the transfer front as Pep Guardiola and Hugo Viana look to reshape the squad ahead of a big 2025/26 campaign.
Tijjani Reijnders, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Rayan Cherki, Sverre Nypan and Marcus Bettinelli have all arrived at the Etihad Stadium over the past two months.
Manchester City have also moved several players on, with Kyle Walker, Yan Couto, Maximo Perrone being sold and others – like Kevin De Bruyne – seeing their contracts expire.
Now, City are said to be in talks over loaning one of their most exciting young players out, and a number of fans are worried that he won’t be coming back to play for the club again.
Manchester City fans unhappy Claudio Echeverri is set to be loaned out
Manchester City News recently relayed a report claiming Roma were in talks with City over a loan move for Claudio Echeverri.
Although the Daily Mail has since played down links between Roma and Echeverri, they claimed that he is still expected to head out on loan elsewhere.
City fans are unhappy with the prospect of Echeverri going out on loan and would rather see him get more game time at the Etihad.
“Damn this club, it’s horrible at handling young talent,” one City fan wrote on X. “We can’t let players go now; the managers are stupid.”
Another fan said: “@ManCity please don’t loan a player that just scored the best free kick goal in the World Cup. Please!”
The criticism kept coming, with one fan writing: “So all that fuss about him arriving and now he is being shipped out, why can’t he learn at City? Another wasted signing.”
Another fan said: “The likes of Gundo, Grealish, Akanji, Ake and all the older players should go and allow these boys to adapt to the pattern but we are here allowing them to go on loan. So annoying!”
Another supporter wrote: “Echeverri, O’Reilly and Mukasa are never loan material. Give them to Real, Barca or Munich and see if they’re loaned out. Never.”
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Bernardo Silva’s emphatic Claudio Echeverri verdict
Echeverri was among the City players to travel to the United States for the Club World Cup, and he scored a wonderful free kick in the win over Al-Ain.
During the tournament, Bernardo said of Echeverri, as per CityXtra: “I’m a big fan of Claudio because he plays football in a similar way to the way I play.
“He has a lot of blood in his veins, fights for every possession, fights for every ball. Then his talent does the rest.
“But what I like about Claudio is he’s a No.10 or second-striker and doesn’t give up; any possession, any ball, anything he can do to help, he’s there.
“He’s a fighter – I can see, we could all see – and we were all very surprised when he joined. So I’m a big fan of Claudio!”
If Echeverri does go out on loan, hopefully he will do so well that he will give Guardiola food for thought and integrate him into the squad in 2026/27.
