Man City ready to confirm signing of Benfica defender Ruben Dias

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·29 September 2020

Man City ready to confirm signing of Benfica defender Ruben Dias

Manchester City are ready to confirm the signing of Benfica defender Ruben Dias.

The Daily Mail says City will complete a club record £64million deal for Ruben Dias, ending a two-year pursuit of the Benfica centre back.

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Dias will become the most expensive player in City's history - eclipsing the £62.8m paid to Atletico Madrid for Rodri a year ago - with Nicolas Otamendi joining Benfica for £13.7m as part of the deal.

The 23-year-old Portugal international has passed a medical but the transfer will only go through once Otamendi has been given the all-clear by his new club.

City's 5-2 capitulation at home to Leicester on Sunday underlined the need to strengthen at the back despite spending £40m on Nathan Ake from Bournemouth.