Kyle Walker signs for Manchester City from Tottenham for £50m as Pep Guardiola finally lands England right-back on five-year deal
Boss Guardiola has been trying to sign right-back all summer and now finally has his man after snub from Dani Alves
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KYLE WALKER has signed for Manchester City in a £50million deal.
Pep Guardiola was desperate to land the Spurs right-back after Dani Alves' snub and has now got his man on a five-year deal.
The England right-back will earn £150,000 a week, meaning the total value of the deal could go to £89m.
Walker said: "I am thrilled to be signing for City and can’t wait to get started.
"Pep Guardiola is one of the most respected managers in the world and I feel he can help me take my game to a new level."
City will pay £45m in instalments but could pay another £5m in add-ons.
Txiki Begiristain, City director of football, added: "Kyle is a fine full-back, one capable of producing quality at both ends of the pitch.
"We’ve followed his progress at Tottenham and have been really impressed by how he has developed.
";He is now one of the best right-backs in the Premier League and justifiably an England regular.
"I am sure he will be a success at Manchester City this season and beyond."
Spurs could net an extra £2.5m in City win the Champions League.
They will also receive £1.5m for every time City win the Prem title with Walker in the ranks.
And they will be due an extra £1m for any Europa League win and £0.5m for each time City qualify for the Champions League.
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There is every chance that the overall fee could rise to a figure which would match the £50m that Chelsea paid to re-sign David Luiz from Paris Saint-Germain.
But the Walker deal will still fall short of that figure - unless City can bag a load of silverware in the right-back's time with the club.
That would also make him the most expensive English player, with the fee eclipsing the £49m City paid to Liverpool for Raheem Sterling.