- Douglas Luiz joins Man City but is immediately loaned out to Girona
- The much coveted 19-year-old is one of the best young players in Brazil
- Manchester City scouted the Vasco De Gama youngster for over a year
Manchester City beat off competition from Europe's top clubs to sign Brazilian wonderkid, Douglas Luiz for £11million.
Reports from Brazil claim the 19-year-old is expected to be sent on loan to newly promoted La Liga side Girona FC.
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Douglas Luiz signed from Vasco Da Gama. Photo: dg_douglas8/Instagram
The young attacker didn’t travel with his team-mates to face Vitoria this weekend.
Pep Guardiola had ordered City to scout the Brazilian for over a year with someone from the club watching the player in the 1-0 victory over Atletico Goianiense on June 25.
The Citizens also kept a close eye on him at the South American Under-20s Championship.
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Meanwhile, Manchester City have already signed Bernadao Silva, Ederson while they await deals for Dani Alves, Kyle Walker and Benjamin Mendy.
On the other hand, NAIJ.com recently visited the family house of boxing king Anthony Joshua in Sagamu, Ogun state Nigeria;