Barcelona goalkeeper, Claudio Bravo sign for Manchester City after completing his medical yesterday. Bravo, 33 move to the Etihad Stadium on a 4-year deal worth 18m euros (£15.4m) to fight to be number one for Pep Guardiola side. the deal could rise with £1.7m of add-ons, say the Spanish club.
Though, Joe Hart is expected to leave City to another club with a recent denial from Everton's manager "No Interest to sing Hart" that they don't need him.
Bravo back-to-back Champions of Copa America with Chile 2015 and 2016 respectively moved from Real Sociedad in 2014 to Barcelona, won two La Liga titles, FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Champions League with Barcelona in his two years term at the Camp Nou.
Barcalona have replaced Bravo with Netherlands international Jasper Cillessen who joins from Ajax.
Bravo said: "I'm very proud to be joining Manchester City. I know the club is building something very special and I hope I can be part of many successes in the coming years."
"It is not easy to leave a club like Barcelona where I had two fantastic years, but the opportunity to work with Pep Guardiola was too good to refuse," he added.
Pep Guardiola said: "Claudio is a fantastic goalkeeper and an excellent addition to our squad. He has experience and great leadership qualities and is in the prime of his life. He is a goalkeeper I have admired for a number of years and I'm really happy he is now a City player."
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