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Mangala confident settling quickly at Man City

Eliaquim Mangala is confident settling quickly at Manchester City.

City made Mangala the most expensive defender in the history of British football after paying £31.9million to sign the French centre back from FC Porto.

"I am the kind of player that comes on the pitch to win," he said.

"I am not giving away anything, I always fight until the end and I hope that we will win quite a lot of titles this season.

"I am happy now because I will be able to start a new adventure. I will be able to train again. It was good to be on holidays, but after a time I started to find the time quite long.

"I went on a run every day and trained in the gym. Holidays are great but if the time is too long, it is difficult to come back. I think that I will need a bit of time but I will work hard in order to be 100 per cent as soon as possible.

"City is a top club in Europe. For me, it was an important step to leave Porto and join Manchester City in order to continue my progress. I want to win titles and I believe I can do this.

"I am ambitious and this is why I'm here. I'm very happy to come to England because for me, the Premier League is the best league in the world. It is a very intense and very aggressive competition.

"The fact that Fernando is here is better because I played with him at Porto but there are also other players that I know like Sagna, Clichy and Nasri."

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