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| Man City Win Race To Sign Argentine Midfielder Zuculini by thegoodjoehunt(m): 8:29pm On Dec 11, 2013 |
[b]Manchester City have beaten Barcelona and Manchester United to the signing of Racing Club defensive midfield starlet Bruno Zuculini, Goal understands. The 20-year-old Argentine, tipped by many to break into Alejandro Sabella's squad ahead of next summer's World Cup in Brazil, will join for a fee of £1.5 million at the end of the season. It is understood that Barcelona and United also made approaches for Zuculini but City's director of football Txiki Begiristain had already moved quickly to complete the deal last summer. Zuculini was then allowed to spend this season with Racing, whose ongoing financial problems prevented them from holding out for a higher transfer fee. But the youngster, whose older brother Franco is also a defensive midfielder for Spanish side Zaragoza, will complete his move to the Etihad Stadium next summer. A work permit will definitely not be a stumbling block due to the fact that Zuculini already holds an Italian passport. The capture of Zuculini is yet another sign of the shift in City's transfer strategy towards securing the world's best developing talent, as highlighted by Goal last week. Zacharias Faour, a 15-year-old Swedish striker dubbed the next Zlatan Ibrahimovic, will join City's elite development squad when the transfer window opens in January in a £1m deal. City have also won the race for Nigerian wonderkid Kelechi Iheanacho, star of last summer's Under-17 World Cup, and Malaga sensation Brahim Abdelkader, dubbed 'the new Messi'. Zuculini, however, will go straight into City's first-team squad where he will compete with the likes of Fernandinho, Javi Garcia and Jack Rodwell to claim the holding midfield role alongside Yaya Toure. The midfielder has made over 70 appearances in three years for Racing and was included in the Argentina squad for the 2011 South American Under-20 Championship as a 17-year-old. Begiristain's success in acquiring Zuculini may well further heighten tensions with his former club Barcelona, who were also very confident of landing Brahim before City hijacked the deal. For Manchester United, meanwhile, Zuculini must be added to the likes of Thiago Alcantara, Cesc Fabregas and Ander Herrera on the increasingly embarrassing list of midfield targets who got away. http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3956/transfer-zone/2013/12/11/4469756/manchester-city-beat-barcelona-manchester-united-to[/b]  Midfielder Bruno Zuculini (centre) set to join Manchester City  Manchester City's director of football Txiki Begiristain Images from daily mail.co.uk |
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