Manchester City are set to make their first signing of the Pep Guardiola era today according to The Daily Mail, with the English club close to concluding a £21 million deal for midfielder Ilkay Gundogan.
The Etihad Stadium outfit are set for a spring clean as the Catalan coach replaces Manuel Pellegrini in the hotseat, with a host of new players expected to follow the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich trainer to the club.
Gundogan has proven himself as an exemplary deep-lying playmaker for a successful Borussia Dortmund side and has also established himself in the Germany national team.
However, the craftsman has struggled with injuries in recent years, missing the World Cup two years ago and set to sit out Euro 2016 also.
Gundogan’s arrival is expected to shake up City’s midfield, with talk that Yaya Toure could be on his way out of the Manchester club as a result.
Toure recently rejected a massive deal to move to the Chinese league.
