Manchester City complete signing of Monaco full-back Benjamin Mendy

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Manchester City have taken their summer spending past the £200million mark with the signing of Monaco defender Benjamin Mendy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The left-back&comma; who will reportedly cost the club an initial £49&period;4m&comma; is the fourth defensive reinforcement brought in by Pep Guardiola&comma; who signed Real Madrid&&num;8217&semi;s Danilo yesterday for an estimated £26&period;9m&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tottenham&&num;8217&semi;s Kyle Walker &lpar;£45m&rpar; and goalkeeper Ederson &lpar;£35m&rpar; are the other players to join a new-look backline with Mendy&&num;8217&semi;s Monaco team-mate Bernardo Silva a £43&period;6m signing to bolster midfield&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mendy has signed a five-year contract and will now join up with his new team-mates in the United States&comma; where Guardiola and his squad are preparing for their second pre-season tour game against Real Madrid in Los Angeles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;I am absolutely delighted to be joining Manchester City&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i> Mendy told mancity&period;com&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;This is what I wanted from the very beginning&period; As soon as the &lpar;French&rpar; championship was over I talked to my family and it was all clear in my head&comma; I wanted to join Manchester City&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;They are one of Europe&&num;8217&semi;s leading clubs and in Pep Guardiola they have a manager committed to playing attacking football&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I am sure that over the next few years we will be successful&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The deal took a while to complete&comma; but city&&num;8217&semi;s director of football&comma; Txiki Begiristain was pleased to have secured their first-choice target&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;Benjamin has all the qualities we are looking for in a full-back&period; For such a young player&comma; he has a wealth of top-level experience&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i> he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;He is undoubtedly one of the world&&num;8217&semi;s best full-backs&comma; our number-one target in this position&period; We are all delighted to have him here at Manchester City&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m sure he will prove a fantastic addition to the squad&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e4a459c3dfd">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e4a459c3dfd'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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