Man City's new £12.5m signing suffers terrifying injury scare during match after complaining of 'chest pain'
MANCHESTER CITY January signing Claudio Echeverri suffered an enormous coronary heart scare whereas enjoying for River Plate.
The wonderkid signed for City in a £12.5m deal final month before returning to the Argentine outfit on loan for the remainder of the calendar yr.
Echeverri, 18, also represents Argentina at youth degree and suffered a scare whereas enjoying for the Underneath-23s aspect in an Olympic qualifying match.
The midfielder initially felt a pain in his chest within the first half and went down earlier than receiving remedy.
Echeverri acquired the green mild to continue however only lasted until the 64th minute earlier than being substituted.
The teenager is about to satisfy with membership docs to diagnose the difficulty, which affected his respiration.
Echeverri stated after the match: "I had a very robust ache in my chest, I couldn't breathe nicely and I used to be very scared.
"I jumped right down to [catch] the air and then, thank God, it went away a bit of.
"Afterwards I continued properly. I'm going to speak to the docs anyway, to see what it is. Something like this had by no means happened to me, I felt very scared. I'm high-quality, thank God."
A former captain of Argentina's under-17 aspect, Echeverri is at present on international obligation with the under-23s in South American Olympic qualifying.
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He has made six appearances for River Plate, registering one assist for his boyhood club.
Chelsea and Barcelona have been beforehand linked with a transfer for the teen, who has been& dubbed "the next Lionel Messi".
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