Manchester City Completes The Signing Of Nicolas Otamendi For £34m

He's the best defender in La Liga, Man blue,’s boss Manuel Pellegrini claims as he completes the official signing of Argentina international on a 4 year deal.

Otamendi has agreed a five-year deal from Valencia in a deal that will be worth in the region of £34m and has been structured to help the Spanish club compensate for the fact they still owed City a significant proportion of the fee for Álvaro Negredo’s last year.

Pellegrini said:

“Nicolás Otamendi was arguably the best defender in La Liga last season and so naturally I’m delighted to have added a player of his quality. He is an established international for one of the best nations in world football and I have no doubt that he has the right mentality to fit into a squad where he will find many familiar faces, including Eliaquim [Mangala] and Fernando who he played alongside in Portugal. 

“As a footballer, Nicolás has all of the qualities to be a success in the Premier League – he’s strong, he’s excellent in the tackle and he’s very good technically.”

With much work to do, the once Porto playroom will have to contend with Mangala and Martín Demichelis to become the new central defensive partner for the club captain Vincent Kompany.

“I am here to give my best, to fight game by game and push City to the highest peaks for as long as possible, and I wish we will be able to win several cups and titles,” Otamendi said. “That’s the most important. To be here inside a club that looks so wonderful from the outside is a dream.”

A reminder…

The blue have already signed Raheem Sterling, Fabian Delph and Patrick Roberts and are still negotiating to make Kevin de Bruyne of Wolfsburg a possible club record transfer.