Danilo: Guardiola was a key factor in joining Man City

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I'm really looking forward to the challenge and I would love to win the Champions League with Manchester City.

Man City agreed a fee with Real Madrid over the weekend and while the Brazilian will officially be competing with Walker for the role, the fact that he cost half as much would in itself suggest where he will be in Pep Guardiola's pecking order.

Real coach Zinedine Zidane said the 26-year-old Brazil global has left the club's training base in Los Angeles to have a City medical.

Manchester City have completed the £26.5m signing of Real Madrid full-back Danilo.

"But it's also the ambitious project of the club that convinced me to come".

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Manchester City are making light work of the transfer window, announcing Danilo as their latest signing after already bringing in the players Pep Guardiola has asked for - and getting rid of others.

Danilo who joined Real Madrid in 2015 won five trophies with the Los Blancos including two Champions League titles.

"Danilo is a fine player who offers great versatility to our squad", City's director of Football Txiki Begiristain added.

Danilo's arrival takes City's spending on full-backs past the £70m mark this close-season after it paid an initial £45m for Tottenham's Kyle Walker - a deal that could rise to an eventual £50m.

The 26-year-old's future at the club looked grave when he scored two own goals in January, and Real are allowing him to move on despite him recovering to enjoy a fairly positive end to the last campaign.

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