Claudio Echeverri left Manchester City to spend the 25/26 season out on loan at Bayer Leverkusen. Echeverri is a player who has generated significant excitement since signing for Manchester City from River Plate. A loan move to the Bundesliga was seen as an important step in the development of Echeverri as a player. So far this season, the young attacking midfielder has spent his time on the periphery of the Bayer Leverkusen first team. It has been a battle for the Argentinian youth international to make an impact in Germany.

Claudio Echeverri has only made five appearances off the bench for Bayer Leverkusen.

So far this season, Claudio Echeverri has made five appearances off the bench for Bayer Leverkusen. He has played a grand total of 83 minutes for the Bundesliga side. It is hard to make an assessment on how Echeverri has fared in Germany based on his limited appearances so far this season. The young attacking midfielder has shown flashes of quality. He is always willing to take up dangerous positions in the final third, but with so little time on the pitch, it has been hard for Echeverri to make a meaningful impact for his team.

The best moment for Claudio Echeverri so far this season came in Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-all draw with FC København in their opening UEFA Champions League league phase fixture. The young attacking midfielder set up Leverkusen’s late equaliser. It was Echeverri’s creativity and dribbling that allowed him to get the space to provide a cross that was diverted into his own net by FC Københaven defender Pantelis Hatzidiakos to secure a 2-all draw for his team. That was the best moment for Claudio Echeverri as a Bayer Leverkusen player.

The hope is that Claudio Echeverri can get more opportunities as the season progresses.

It has been a frustrating beginning to the season for Claudio Echeverri. There is no other way to put it. Based on the fact that Bayer Leverkusen sacked manager Erik ten Hag three games into the season and replaced him with Kasper Hjulmand, you wonder if the young City attacking midfielder is in the right environment to develop. The hope is that despite the turmoil that surrounded Bayer Leverkusen’s beginning to the season, Claudio Echeverri can begin to make an impact and play a more prominent role for his team following the international break.

So far this season, Claudio Echeverri has barely played. For a player with so much talent and potential, it is disappointing that he hasn’t played more minutes in Germany. Hopefully that can change imminently for Echeverri. If it doesn’t you do have to question if a loan move to Bayer Leverkusen was the right move for him.