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Estudiantes confirm wonderkid Sarmiento will join Manchester City

Estudiantes wonderkid Dario Sarmiento will join Manchester City in the summer, the Argentine club confirmed on Friday.

Sarmiento, 18, has won rave reviews since breaking into the Pincha first team in 2019.

And he is now gearing up for a move to City, who will reportedly pay a fee worth around £17 million ($24m) for the teenage forward.

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What was said?

Estudiantes took to Twitter to announce the sale on Friday.

"We can reveal that, upon completion of the requirements established in the transfer agreement signed with Manchester City, Dario Sarmiento will join the English team from July 1 onwards," the La Plata club explained in their statement.