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Man City sign Valencia winger Torres on five-year deal

VIDEO SHOWS: FILE FOOTAGE OF VALENCIA'S FERRAN TORRES TRAINING, EXTERIORS OF VALENCIA'S MESTALLA STADIUM, AERIAL OF MANCHESTER CITY'S ETIHAD STADIUM, EXTERIORS OF THE ETIHAD, FILE FOOTAGE OF MANCHESTER CITY TRAINING

SHOWS:

VALENCIA, SPAIN (FILE - MAY 14, 2020) (LA LIGA HANDOUT - ACCESS ALL)

1. VALENCIA WINGER, FERRAN TORRES COMPLETING TRAINING DRILL AND CELEBRATING

VALENCIA, SPAIN (FILE - MARCH 9, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

2. VARIOUS STADIUM MESTALLA VALENCIA EXTERIORS

3. VARIOUS VALENCIA CF LOGO ON CLOSED GATES

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - MAY 20, 2020) (UK POOL - ACCESS ALL)

4. AERIAL OF MANCHESTER CITY'S ETIHAD STADIUM

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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - FEBRUARY 19, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

5. MANCHESTER CITY'S ETIHAD STADIUM

6. ETIHAD STADIUM SIGN

7. EXTERIORS OF STADIUM

8. VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF CITY STORE

9. STADIUM SIGN

LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - APRIL 8, 2019) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

10. MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER, PEP GUARDIOLA, AT TRAINING SESSION

11. SERGIO AGUERO TRAINING

12. RAHEEM STERLING JOGGING

13. STERLING AT TRAINING SESSION

14. KYLE WALKER STRETCHING

15. GABRIEL JESUS STRETCHING

16. KEVIN DE BRUYNE AT TRAINING SESSION

STORY: Manchester City have signed Spanish winger Ferran Torres from Valencia with the 20-year-old putting pen to paper on a five-year deal, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday (August 4).

Financial details were not disclosed but British media reported the transfer fee was 23 million euros (20.73 million pounds).

Torres scored six goals and had eight assists for Valencia in all competitions last season as they came ninth in La Liga.

Torres joins City as a replacement for Germany winger Leroy Sane who moved to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich last month for 45 million euros plus add-ons.

City have also been linked with a 41 million pounds ($53.56 million) move for Bournemouth central defender Nathan Ake as Guardiola looks to close the gap on Premier League champions Liverpool next season.

Second-placed City finished 18 points adrift of the Anfield side but won the League Cup and are still in the Champions League, where they lead Real Madrid 2-1 ahead of their last-16 second-leg home match on Friday (August 7).

(Production: Kurt Michael Hall)