#Swansea agree #Bony fee with #ManCity #Bony has won 32 caps for Ivory Coast, scoring 11 goals #SwanseaCity have agreed a £28m fee to sell striker #WilfriedBony to Premier League champions #ManchesterCity. The Ivory Coast international, 26, joined #Swansea for a club-record £12m from #VitesseArnhem in 2013 and was the #PremierLeagues top scorer in 2014 with 20 goals. The fee breaks the Welsh club record sale of £15m that #Liverpool paid #Swansea for #JoeAllen in August 2012. The two clubs hope to conclude the deal in the next 48 hours. City expect personal terms and a medical to be hitch-free, despite Bony being on Africa Cup of Nations duty with Ivory Coast for at least the next three weeks. The deal is £25m cash upfront with a further £3m in performance-related add-ons. #Swansea manager #GarryMonk previously said it would take an astronomical fee to prise his top scorer away from the Liberty Stadium. #Bony, who scored an injury-time equaliser for #Swansea against #QPR on New Years Day, has fired nine goals in 22 appearances this season. #ManCity were without injured strikers #SergioAguero and #EdinDzeko for the festive period and manager #ManuelPellegrini is keen to add further depth to his squad. The Chilean, 61, had indicated he was not looking to do serious business in the January transfer window. The club were hit with Uefa sanctions last year for breaching financial fair play rules which included a spending cap of £49m, plus any money raised from transfer fees. They spent around £48m in the summer on #EliaquimMangala, midfielder #Fernando, and goalkeeper #WillyCaballero, although they sold #JackRodwell to Sunderland for a reported £10m and midfielder #JaviGarcia joined Zenit St Petersburg for £13m. But with #Arsenal, #Liverpool and #Tottenham reported to be interested in Bony, it is the Premier League champions who have moved quickest to bolster their attacking options. #arabest
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 14:51:58 +0000
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