Manchester City have completed a deal to sign Benfica goalkeeper Ederson for a fee of €40 million, as confirmed by the club’s official website.
The 23-year-old becomes the club’s second signing of the summer, following the £43 million arrival of Monaco playmaker, Bernardo Silva.
The transfer was held up due to the player’s third-party ownership; terms had been agreed last week with the player and Benfica.
Ederson said:
I like everything about Manchester City. This is a great club, the league they have here in England and they have amazing fans and they play splendid football. I have always had the dream to play in English football and now I’m going to make it true.
With Pep Guardiola, City are growing more and more. He is putting in place a young team for the future. Those were important factors in making my decision.
Manchester City has an amazing squad. I think they managed to have a good season. Next season, we will have to be focused to achieve the goal of winning trophies.
City’s director of football, Txiki Begiristain added:
We are delighted to bring Ederson to Manchester City. He is one of the best young goalkeepers in the Europe and he is an important addition to the squad for next season and the coming seasons.
He is young, has all the qualities you could want as a top-class goalkeeper and I think he’ll fit in really well to our squad.
The City support will be hoping that this signing is more successful than the signing of Claudio Bravo. He joined the club from Barcelona last season for a fee of £15.4 million, however, his performances came under a lot of criticism.
Pep Guardiola is making big-name signings early which demonstrates his ambition to make the Manchester club successful.
