Bony signs for Manchester City

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Swansea striker Wilfried Bony on Wednesday signed for English Premier League champions Manchester City, the Ivory Coast football federation announced.

The fee is believed to be about 28 million pounds ($42 million, 36 million euros).

“The attacker Wilfried Bony has just signed for Manchester City this Wednesday,” the Ivory Coast federation said in a statement on its website.

Manchester City has been in negotiations with Swansea for 26-year-old Bony, who is on African Nations Cup duty, for more than a week.