Manchester
City have completed the signing of full-back Benjamin Mendy from Monaco on a
five year deal.
The
Citizens have sealed Mendy from French giants AS Monaco for a fee around
£49million, as per reports.
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The
Ligue 1 side were demanding more than £50million after seeing Man City record
deal for Kyle Walker from Tottenham Hotspur.
Manchester
City were looking to sign full-back this summer after the departure of Gael
Clichy, Bacary Sagna and Pablo Zabaleta.
Mendy
was on City’s radar for the past several months, Monaco rejected their initial bid earlier this week by saying that is way too low.
The
23-year-old has joined Manchester City on their pre-season tour to United
States, he completed medical and agreed to personal terms in Los Angeles.
City
also signed Danilo from Real Madrid earlier this summer. They have now spend
more than £200million in the summer transfer market.
Mendy
is highly rated left-back and could prove to be one of the best next season,
according to director of football Txiki Begiristain.
Monaco
signed Mendy from Marseille for £13million last summer, they made a huge profit
in just a year.
City
are now planning to make another bumper offer to Monaco for their striker
Kylian Mbappe, as per SkySports.
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