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Aguero to fly in to seal City switch

ESPNsoccernet staff
July 26, 2011
City will hope to complete the signing of Sergio Aguero over the coming days © Getty Images
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Sergio Aguero is set to fly into Manchester Airport on Wednesday to finalise a transfer that is set to cost Manchester City £38 million.

According to widespread reports, an impasse in the potential deal was broken when City's Abu Dhabian chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak became personally involved in negotiations with Atletico Madrid.

With Carlos Tevez unsettled to the point of again asking to leave Eastlands - a deal with Corinthians collapsed last week - City require further striking talent. Craig Bellamy, Emmanuel Adebayor and Roque Santa Cruz are surplus to requirements while Mario Balotelli's weekend fall-out with boss Roberto Mancini perhaps crystallised the need for an additional striker.

Tevez is for sale at upwards of £40 million, which would mean that Aguero, believed to be expecting less expensive wages, will likely replace his Argentine compatriot if a buyer can be found for last season's captain.

City's previous record signing was Brazilian Robinho, for whom £32 million was paid for a player who never settled at Eastlands. Their previous deals this summer saw them land Gael Clichy from Arsenal and Stefan Savic from Partizan Belgrade to replenish a squad already brimming with expensive talent.

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