Manchester City have completed the signing of Sergio Gomez from Anderlecht on a four year deal for a fee of 13m euros (£11m) plus add-ons.
The 21-year-old came through Barcelona la Masia before joining the Belgian side when former Manchester City Vincent Kompany was the manager.
“To be part of this club is a dream come true and something any young player would aspire to, I’m very happy that Manchester City is giving me the opportunity and I’m going to try to give my best on the pitch. Hopefully, we can achieve great things together.” Gomez said.
Gomez extolled Vincent Kompany and the influence he has on his career so far: “It was a pride working with him from the first day, I used to watch Manchester City when I was younger and he was the captain of the team. He was a role model for everybody. To me, it was an honour working with him and I’m very grateful to him for everything that happened last season at Anderlecht”.
He added “I spoke to him a few days ago. I told him about an option to move to Manchester City and he told me he was very happy for me. He said he was proud of me for this big step in my career.”
Gomez will be competing with Joao Cancelo for the left back position following the departure of Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Manchester City director of football Txiki Begiristain added: “Sergio’s development in recent seasons has been very impressive, he is an accomplished defender with great potential. We’re sure that he will bring additional quality to our squad both in defence and going forward and that he will only continue to develop and improve playing under Pep and his coaches.”