Manchester City have reached a £29.4m agreement in principle to sign defender Vitor Reis from Palmeiras.
No bonuses are set to be included in the deal and the final details are set to be sorted on Tuesday.
Reis is now the second centre-back set to move to the club this window after Abdukodir Khusanov, who is due in the UK to complete a £33.5m transfer from Lens.
Sky Sports News reported a number of clubs – including Brighton in the Premier League – had gathered information on the 19-year-old, who is set to join Pep Guardiola’s side in the January transfer window.
Palmeiras president Leila Pereira confirmed City made an official offer for the player on Monday and an agreement in principle has now been reached.
Palmeiras were always relaxed over the situation after selling an array of talent into Europe in the past 18 months for big fees, including the likes of Endrick to Real Madrid, and Willian Estevao to Chelsea.
City have had a number of injury problems to contend with this term, and their list of players sidelined in recent weeks includes centre-backs John Stones and Ruben Dias.
On refreshing the squad, boss Pep Guardiola said at his pre-match press conference on Monday: “We knew at the beginning of the season that the team, in a question of time, would have 10, 11 players more than 30 years old.
“But the same team that are more than 30 years old, five or six months ago, won a fourth Premier League in a row.
“We knew that sooner or later we should have done it but what happened wasn’t expected.
“The best way to do it is gradually but after the injuries – wow – maybe we should have done it.
“But you never know in that position. I think the team is really good and the squad is really, really good, otherwise we cannot have achieved what we achieved last season.”
Man City want Marmoush immediately as Frankfurt demand £67m
Eintracht Frankfurt have been informed that Manchester City now want to sign Omar Marmoush immediately.
The German club are demanding around £67m (€80m) for the 25-year-old.
There is no release clause for the forward and offers significantly below that are expected to be rejected by the Bundesliga club, who are third in the German top flight.
City and Marmoush’s camp consider a transfer fee of £42m- £50m (€50-€60m) to be more realistic.
There have been no negotiations between the clubs yet.
Marmoush, who can operate across the front three, has scored 13 goals in the Bundesliga so far this season with only Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane scoring more.
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