Jesús Navas is set to become the first signing of the Manuel Pellegrini era at Manchester City.
The Sevilla and Spain right-winger is on the verge of completing a deal that will take him to England for an initial €20m (£17m) fee, plus a further €5.5m based on performance, of which the Spanish club believe that €3.5m are virtually guaranteed.
The length of his contract and his salary are not yet known but sources suggest that he will earn more than double the amount he did in La Liga, where he was reportedly on €2.5m a year.
Navas will travel to the Confederations Cup with Spain a City player. Following Sevilla's final game of the season on Saturday night the club's manager Unai Emery admitted: "All the signs are that Navas will leave." He added: "It is the best thing for Navas and for the club."
Asked about his future, Navas responded: "I am open to anything and I want to win titles. City is a team I like a lot." Now, the deal only awaits the final signatures.
The 27-year-old believes he is now ready to move abroad having fully overcome the anxiety attacks that marked the early stages of his career. His initial introduction to the Spain squad was delayed because of the problems he encountered when leaving his native Seville, but with the club and the national team working with him he was a successful part of the selección at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and at last summer's European Championships in Ukraine. He has won 23 caps.
Navas will bring City pace on the right wing, the ability to take on full-backs and deliver telling passes. He has provided 79 clear chances in the Spanish league this season, the fifth highest total in the country.
His signing is an intriguing one, not only because of the need to adapt to Manchester but also because Pellegrini has rarely played with out-and-out wingers in the past, usually preferring his "wide" men to come inside. Navas could undergo the kind of evolution that Joaquín experienced under Pellegrini at Málaga, encouraged to move towards the middle and ending up playing behind the striker. His game has also been altered slightly in his final season at Sevilla, becoming involved in more central positions in the absence of a natural playmaker.
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