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Claudio Bravo: Manchester City sign £15.4m Chile goalkeeper from Barcelona

Manchester City have signed goalkeeper Claudio Bravo from Barcelona for 18m euros (£15.4m). The fee for the 33-year-old Chile international could rise with £1.7m of add-ons, say the Spanish club.

Bravo, who has signed a four-year contract, is expected to start ahead of England goalkeeper Joe Hart and Argentine Willy Caballero.

Barca have replaced Bravo with Netherlands international Jasper Cillessen, who joins from Ajax.

Bravo said: “I’m very proud to be joining Manchester City. “I know the club is building something very special and I hope I can be part of many successes in the coming years.” Bravo joined Barcelona in 2014 and won two La Liga titles and the Fifa Club World Cup.

He was also part of the Champions League-winning squad in 2015, but never played in the competition for Barca. “It is not easy to leave a club like Barcelona where I had two fantastic years, but the opportunity to work with Pep Guardiola was too good to refuse,” he added.