Manchester City have come to agreement with RB Leipzig to make Josko Gvardiol the most expensive defender of all time.
The two clubs have been locked in talks for weeks with only finer details needed to be agreed upon, and it is now understood that an agreement has been reached that will see City pay an initial £77.5m (€90m) plus a further £8.6m (€10m) in add-ons.
The deal, which also includes an agreement that City will play a friendly in Leipzig in the future, will beat the previous record set by Manchester United when they paid £80m (€92m) to Leicester City for Harry Maguire in 2019.
Gvardiol has already agreed personal terms with City, having been waiting on the deal for much of the summer, and is now due to undergo a medical in England before the weekend. City hope that the deal will be completed ahead of this weekend's FA Community Shield clash with Arsenal at Wembley.
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