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As is protocol on Champions League matchdays, Manchester City executives are likely to host their Bayer Leverkusen counterparts for lunch ahead of the meeting between the two clubs at the Etihad in 10 days' time.

There will no doubt be plenty to discuss on the day, but it seems a certainty that the future of Claudio Echeverri will come up as both sides try to reach a compromise over the Argentine.

What sort of role Echeverri plays at the Etihad a few hours later might also come into the thinking ahead of the January transfer window and what is likely to be crunch time over the 19-year-old's short-term future.

German newspaper Bild this weekend reported that City are 'annoyed' and 'frustrated' at Echeverri's lack of playing time. Discussions between the two clubs to find

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