Maximo Perrone to sign for Manchester City for $8m

Manchester City are expected to complete the signing of Argentine talent Máximo Perrone very soon. The youngster will be a signing for the Premier League club, and not the City group as a whole. 

He will be joining the Sky Blues after the Sudamericano Sub20, once the formalities surrounding the transfer have been completed. City have reached an agreement with Velez Sarsfield for a fee worth $8 million plus taxes for the player. 

Maximo Perrone to join Manchester City soon 

Newcastle United were one of the clubs monitoring the player, alongside Wolves and Benfica but have lost the race to the defending champions of England. There is a verbal agreement between Manchester City and Velez Sarsfield over the transfer, and in the coming days, the paperwork and other formalities like the medical assessment should be taken care of. 

The Mancunian side has been signing several young talents for their academy and future projects recently. And Maximo Perrone, one of the most highly rated teenagers from Argentina, is set to join that list. 

Perrone plays as a defensive midfielder, and has been capped once by the Argentina U20 team. He will become the second Argentinian in the team, after Julian Alvarez, who has become one of the standout performers in his very first season.