Pep Guardiola is set to sign his first player of the summer with PFC Slavia Sofia youngster Filip Krastev poised for a medical.
Slavia Sofia's chairman Ventseslav Stefanov confirmed that the deal was close but added that the player would remain at the club until the end of the year.
The 18-year-old is set to begin in the Manchester City academy. Despite his age Krastev has made 25 appearances for the senior side in Bulgaria.
And Stefanov told dsport : "It recently became clear that Filip performed well in the tests. Everything went well. "Now he will return to Bulgaria, and at the beginning of next week we should finalise the deal. "Manchester City like him a lot.
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