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Manchester City to complete club record £64m deal for Benfica captain Ruben Dias... ending a two-year pursuit of the centre back with Nicolas Otamendi going in the other direction for £13.7m

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

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.

Benfica captain Ruben DIas is on the verge of signing for Manchester City for u00a364million
City boss Pep Guardiola has decided to allow Nicolas Otamendi move in the opposite direction

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.