Manchester City are set to sign Nigeria international Olarenwaju Kayode from Austria Vienna on a four-year deal and send him on a season-long loan to Spanish side Girona.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old striker finished as the top scorer in Austria’s top flight last season with 17 goals in 33 games.<\/p>\n
Kayode had been linked with a move to Newcastle United.<\/p>\n
Four other City players are to spend the 2017-18 season at newly-promoted La Liga side Girona.<\/p>\n
Brazilian \u00a310.7million midfielder Douglas Luiz, right-back Pablo Maffeo, midfielder Aleix Garcia and Colombian winger Marlos Moreno have all signed loan deals with the Spanish club.<\/p>\n
City are yet to officially announce the deal for Kayode.<\/p>\n
He scored 24 goals in 48 matches for Vienna last season, including two goals in two games against Roma in the Europa League.<\/p>\n
Kayode, who has also played for ASEC Mimosas in the Ivory Coast, FC Luzern in Switzerland Maccabi Netanya in Isreal. He represented Nigeria at the 2009 and 2011 Under-17 and Under-20 World Cups respectively.<\/p>\n
He made his debut for Nigeria in a friendly against Senegal in March and has three caps for the three-time African Champions.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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