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REVEALED: Mangala agrees Man City contract and says 'yes' to move

Porto defender Eliaquim Mangala has agreed to move to Manchester City.Record says the France international has said 'yes' to City's offer, having delayed negotiations in the hope of rival interest from Chelsea and Manchester United.

He is now close to putting pen to paper on a deal worth €113.000-a-week.

City will pay €40 million to Porto for Mangala, who is understood to have visited Manchester in recent days for a medical and to tour the club's facilities.

Porto will receive €22.6 million from their cut of the overall fee, with Doyen Sports also collecting a hefty slice.

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