Benjamin Mendy deal agreed

Manchester City have agreed a fee worth greater than ₤ 51m to authorize Monaco left-back Benjamin Mendy.

The 23-year-old France international is readied to exceed the ₤ 50m-plus bargain made for Tottenham’s Kyle Walker and also end up being the Premier League’s most expensive defender to this day.

Mendy is preparing to fly out to Los Angeles to join up with City’s pre-season tour of the United States. They deal with Genuine Madrid in LA in 4 days’ time.

City have been identified to sign him since the start of the transfer window, when Skies Sports Information disclosed he was a target for them, their opponents Manchester United and champions Chelsea.

City had a ₤ 44.5 m offer turned down earlier today by Monaco, who valued him at greater than Walker.

Mendy, who has actually spent just a single period at Monaco complying with a ₤ 13m relocation from Marseille last summertime, has actually become one of the best left-backs in the game within the last YEAR, and among a variety of Monaco players of rate of interest to various other clubs following their French Ligue 1 accomplishment.

City, that have already signed Bernardo Silva from Monaco and want their highly-coveted demonstrator Kylian Mbappe, are in the market for a left-back following Gael Clichy’s departure, although another impending new ₤ 26.5 m signing Danilo has actually played there genuine Madrid.