Manchester City on the verge of signing Atletico Madrid star

Atletico Madrid star Rodri Hernandez is on set to join Manchester City in a club record £63million deal. City are set to officially announce the signing of Rodri within the next 24 hours after paying the Atletico Madrid midfielder's release clause in Spain. Under Spanish football regulations, Rodri had to pay his own release clause, so City forwarded the funds to the player to allow the 23-year-old to terminate his contract with Atletico. That money was paid to La Liga, who in turn forwarded it to Atletico, to complete the transfer transaction, which means Rodri will become Pep Guardiola's first summer signing. Atletico released a statement which read: "LaLiga has informed Atlético de Madrid that Rodrigo Hernández, through his lawyer, and representatives from Manchester City, paid the player’s release clause at the sports association’s headquarters on Wednesday, July 3. "Manchester City has paid the buyout clause on behalf of the player. The player has therefore unilaterally terminated his contract with our club, which ran until June 30, 2023."

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