The Manchester City genius is on loan in the Bundesliga and is on the bench! He only started 3 times this season and wants to return to Argentina

On November 26, Manchester City will face the challenge of Champions League opponent Bayer Leverkusen at home. According to the usual practice on Champions League match days, Manchester City's senior management is likely to host Leverkusen's management for lunch before the game. There will undoubtedly be plenty to talk about between the two front offices, and Echeverry's future will certainly come up among them. According to TNT Argentina reporter Maximiliano Grillo, Echeverri hopes that Manchester City can terminate the loan so that he can leave Leverkusen in the January winter window.

This summer, Manchester City once wanted to loan Echeverri to Girona Club of the City Group, but the player himself expressed resistance to this proposal. In the end, Echeverri joined Bayer Leverkusen on loan, and the latter paid a loan fee of 2 million euros to Manchester City. However, Echeverri struggled at Leverkusen and City were annoyed and frustrated by his lack of playing time.

So far this season, Echeverry has started a total of 3 times in Leverkusen and played only 240 minutes. Among them, he only started once in the Bundesliga, playing 56 minutes against Bayern Munich; a week later against Heidenheim, he returned to the bench. That was the fourth time in the past five games that he had not been given a chance to play. Things were slightly better in the Champions League, where he played in at least all four games.

He started the last two games against Paris Saint-Germain and Benfica, but against Paris the team was already 1-4 behind at halftime (eventually losing 2-7), and he was substituted at midfield; against Benfica, he played 57 minutes, which was his longest playing time in the past eight games. It was almost impossible to see the trust of new coach Casper Hullmand in him. When Echeverry joined Leverkusen, the team's coach was ten Hag, but the latter was dismissed in a hurry after only two official games.

Obviously, Echeverry is a talented player. Guardiola gave him a chance to make his debut for Manchester City in last season's FA Cup final, and he also scored a wonderful free kick in the Club World Cup. Unfortunately, he suffered an injury and missed the rest of the game. The injury interrupted his upward momentum, and he stalled even faster in Germany. If he continues to sit on the bench or only play 20 minutes sporadically in the coming weeks, City will almost certainly call off the loan in January. The player himself seemed to have had enough, and Echeverry decided to flee Leverkusen in the winter window.

It is reported that Echeverry hopes that his next stop will be to return to his home team River Plate to play for him. After Leverkusen's DFB-Pokal match against Paderborn, Echeverri posted a photo of himself wearing a River Plate shirt, in which he kissed the River Plate crest. This move was also seen as a gesture of goodwill towards River Plate, which is also happy to welcome back its talented midfielder.