Manchester City have completed the signing of Benfica goalkeeper Ederson their second signing of the summer, the £35 million fee makes him – in pound sterling – the most expensive goalkeeper in history, surpassing the £33m Juventus paid Parma for Gianluigi Buffon in 2001. He is expected to compete with LAWMA goalkeeper – Claudio Bravo for the goalkeeping starting berth.
Ederson flew into Manchester on Monday and was at City’s training ground on Tuesday to complete a medical and conduct interviews with the club’s in-house media channels, but official confirmation of his signing was held up by third-party ownership issues.
However, City are keen to stress that it’s not a world record as the amount in Euros, which is how they paid Benfica (€40m), is lower than how much Juve paid for Buffon (€53m) in 2001.
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