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River Plate whizkid Claudio Echeverri: I want to play for Barcelona

River Plate whizkid Claudio Echeverri admits he wants to play for Barcelona.

The 17 year-old is on the radar of Barca, along with Manchester City and PSG.

Echeverri starred for Argentina at the U17 World Cup in Indonesia earlier this season.

"I would like to play for Barcelona, apart from River," he said, "because I am a big fan of Lionel Messi and I always watched when he played for Barcelona.

"That's when I was very young..."

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