Manchester City are watching Porto midfielder Yacine Brahimi.
The Manchester Evening News says City are closing in on a deal for the midfield schemer.
Italian sources state City are ready to make a summer move and have agreed in principle to meet the buy-out clause in his contract.
The Algerian international, 25,who started his senior career at Rennes in France, has shone in the Portuguese Primeira Liga this term.
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