Ruben Dias: Man City reportedly agree deal to sign the Benfica defender
- Ruben Dias is now expected to make a move to Premier League side Manchester City
- The Citizens and Benfica are said to have agreed deal over the signing of the player
- Manchester City are currently occupying 13th position on the Premier League table
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Manchester City who are Premier League giants are reportedly ready set to complete the signing of Portuguese defender Ruben Dias from Benfica in a deal expected to be £64 million.
The Citizens' manager Pep Guardiola has been monitoring the 23-year-old player since last season even before his side lost the Premier League title to Liverpool.
According to the report on UK Sun and also cited on GOAL, Manchester City and Benfica chiefs have agreed deal for Ruben Dias to make a move to the Etihad stadium.
Nicolas Otamendi will head the opposite way in a separate deal with both players still needing to finalize their moves by signing contracts this summer.
Ruben Dias has been regular in Benfica's first team for the past two seasons after being promoted from the academy to the main team.
Before the start of the ongoing League season in Europe, Dias was linked with many top clubs in Europe with Manchester United also said to be interested.
On Sunday, September 27, Manchester City were embarrassed at home losing 5-2 against Leicester City in a Premier League game.
The defeat was Pep Guardiola's first of the new season and the Spaniard is now ready to reinforce his defense before the end of the transfer window.
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Earlier, Legit.ng had reported how Spanish club Barcelona are reportedly interested in the signing of Manchester City defender Eric Garcia and the Catalans will try all their best this summer to get his signature.
New Barcelona handler Ronald Koeman is trying to sign some players this summer for the side ahead of the coming 2020/21 Spanish La Liga season.
Koeman is aware that Barcelona chiefs are after getting superb result in the coming season following their failure to win any title at the 2019/20 term.
Garcia came through the youth ranks at Barcelona and can't resist the lure of moving back to his hometown where he will have the chance to play with his idol Lionel Messi.
According to Spanish sports journalist Alfredo Martinez, the Catalan giants have made their move and believe they will get a deal before the close of the transfer window.
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