{"id":31873,"date":"2017-06-08T10:45:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T10:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=31873"},"modified":"2017-06-08T10:45:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T10:45:36","slug":"ederson-joins-city-looks-solution-keeper-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/ederson-joins-city-looks-solution-keeper-issues.html","title":{"rendered":"Ederson joins City, looks to be solution to keeper issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Ederson joins City, looks to be solution to keeper issues<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Manchester City took its offseason spending to around the $100 million mark by completing the signing of Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson Moraes from Benfica, a week after the Portuguese club announced an agreement had been reached over the transfer.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">It is coach Pep Guardiola&#039;s latest attempt to settle City&#039;s goalkeeping situation, with Claudio Bravo failing to convince following his arrival from Barcelona last year and long-time keeper Joe Hart seemingly without a future at the English club after being sent out on loan last season.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Ederson cost City a reported 40 million euros ($45 million), making him the second most expensive goalkeeper of all time after Gianluigi Buffon. City has also signed Bernardo Silva from Monaco for a reported 50 million euros ($55 million).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">City said Ederson will officially join the club on July 1, with the keeper reportedly signing a 6-year contract.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">The 23-year-old Ederson has not played for Brazil&#039;s senior team and has only been Benfica&#039;s first-choice goalkeeper for the past season. He played from 2012-15 at Portuguese club Rio Ave, which will receive part of the transfer fee paid by City.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">&quot;He is one of the best young goalkeepers in Europe and he is an important addition to the squad for next season and the coming seasons,&quot; said Txiki Begiristain, City&#039;s director of football. &quot;He is young, has all the qualities you could want as a top-class goalkeeper and I think he&#039;ll fit in really well to our squad.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">The left-footed Ederson becomes the fourth Brazilian at City, alongside Fernandinho, Fernando and Gabriel Jesus.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px\">Source:-&nbsp;https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/soccer\/2017\/06\/08\/ederson-joins-city-looks-to-be-solution-to-keeper-issues\/102620364\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/ederson-joins-city-looks-solution-keeper-issues.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ederson joins City, looks to be solution to keeper issues Manchester City took its offseason spending to around the $100 million mark by completing the signing of Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson Moraes from Benfica, a week after the Portuguese club announced an agreement had been reached over the transfer. 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