MANCHESTER City’s manager, Manuel Pellegrini, announced he had bought the “best defender in La Liga” yesterday after the club completed the £32 million signing of Valencia’s Nicolas Otamendi. The Argentina international passed his medical in Manchester and agreed terms on a five-year contract with the Barclays Premier League club. Otamendi was linked with Manchester United and Real Madrid but was unveiled as City’s fifth signing following the arrivals of Raheem Sterling, Fabian Delph, Enes Unal and Patrick Roberts. – mailonline
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