Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo is close to joining Manchester City.

El Mundo Deportivo says City hope to prise Bravo away from Camp Nou after missing out on several keepers this summer.

Tellingly, Pep Guardiola benched Joe Hart in favour of Willy Caballero for Saturday's league opener against Sunderland, which can be read as a sign that he urgently wants to sign a new goalkeeper, more so now that the Premier League is underway.

Bravo's buy-out is 42 million but considering his age, and that the club only paid Real Sociedad 12 million for him two seasons ago, Barça would be willing to let the Chilean leave for a fee between 20 and 25 million euros.

"The deal with City is practically all sewn up," a source close to Bravo said.