Manchester City Sign Ruben Diaz From SL Benfica!

Manchester City Sign Ruben Diaz From SL Benfica! The 23 year old defender signed a 6 year contract with Man City. The Portuguese defender joins for a reported fee of 60M pounds. This means that Pep Guardiola has spent 400M on defenders since joining in 2016.

Ruben Diaz will hope to strengthen an extremely leaky Man City defence. Guardiola’s side arguably lost the league title by an incredible gap due to their defence. It was a defence that had to make do without the now retired Vincent Kompany.

The Cityzens also lost key defender Aymeric Laporte to a long term injury. This meant that the unconvincing Jon Stones and Nicolas Otamendi were left in defence for City. They conceded a raft of goals. This led to Fernandinho and Rodrigo being played in defence, rather than midfield.

Guardiola will hope to tighten the gap on Liverpool this season. This defensive signings of Nathan Ake and Ruben Diaz will surely provide leadership at the back for City.

An excited Ruben Diaz has always been a fan of the Premier League. He is thrilled to join a Guardiola side in the division

“To have the opportunity to join a club like Manchester City is a fantastic opportunity for me and one I couldn’t turn down,” he said.

“Their success speaks for itself. They have been the dominant team in England over the last few years, playing an attacking brand of football which I feel suits my own game.

“It is really exciting to be part of such a talented squad and to play for a world class manager like Pep Guardiola, who has a proven track record of developing young players like myself.

“I believe I can improve here, at a club whose ambitions match my own and I will give everything to be successful and win titles.”

Rumours suggest Pep Guardiola now wants a left back after Manchester City sign Ruben Diaz from SL Benfica!