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		</div><p>Manchester City have taken their summer spending past the £200million mark with the signing of Monaco defender Benjamin Mendy.</p>
<p>The left-back, who will reportedly cost the club an initial £49.4m, is the fourth defensive reinforcement brought in by Pep Guardiola, who signed Real Madrid&#8217;s Danilo yesterday for an estimated £26.9m.</p>
<p>Tottenham&#8217;s Kyle Walker (£45m) and goalkeeper Ederson (£35m) are the other players to join a new-look backline with Mendy&#8217;s Monaco team-mate Bernardo Silva a £43.6m signing to bolster midfield.</p>
<p>Mendy has signed a five-year contract and will now join up with his new team-mates in the United States, where Guardiola and his squad are preparing for their second pre-season tour game against Real Madrid in Los Angeles.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;I am absolutely delighted to be joining Manchester City,&#8221;</i> Mendy told mancity.com.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;This is what I wanted from the very beginning. As soon as the (French) championship was over I talked to my family and it was all clear in my head, I wanted to join Manchester City.</p>
<p>&#8220;They are one of Europe&#8217;s leading clubs and in Pep Guardiola they have a manager committed to playing attacking football.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am sure that over the next few years we will be successful.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>The deal took a while to complete, but city&#8217;s director of football, Txiki Begiristain was pleased to have secured their first-choice target.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Benjamin has all the qualities we are looking for in a full-back. For such a young player, he has a wealth of top-level experience,&#8221;</i> he said.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;He is undoubtedly one of the world&#8217;s best full-backs, our number-one target in this position. We are all delighted to have him here at Manchester City.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure he will prove a fantastic addition to the squad.&#8221;</i></p>
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