Spanish ace Javi Garrido has joined Manchester City for
£1.5million. The Real Sociedad defender penned a four-year deal at
The City of Manchester Stadium to become the fifth summer signing
for new boss Sven-Goran Eriksson. City had agreed a deal with
Sociedad earlier this week and he signed a contract after passing a
medical on Thursday morning.
Real boss Chris Coleman was loath to let Garrido go as he rates him
very highly, but he admitted he could not stand in the player's
way. The 22-year-old has admitted that the chance to play in
England was too good an opportunity to turn down. "A chance to play
in the Premier League does not come every day and it is very
difficult to reject," Garrido told the Spanish press.
Eriksson, with the backing of chairman Thaksin Shinawatra, is
working at a fierce pace in the transfer market with the start of
the season only nine days away. The former England coach still has
more business to do in that respect as well.
Striker Valeri Bojinov has claimed he is moving from Fiorentina to
join fellow Bulgarian Martin Petrov at Eastlands. There is also
speculation that defender Vedran Corluka and midfielder Elano are
about to come on board from Dinamo Zagreb and Shakhtar Donetsk.
Eriksson would only say, however: "Something has to happen soon as
the league is about to start."
