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'It wasn't difficult to choose City over Chelsea' - Danilo hails Guardiola's impact on transfer

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The full-back says as soon as he talked to the former Bayern boss he knew he would be joining the Manchester outfit

Danilo says it was a straightforward decision to snub Chelsea and join Manchester City after speaking to Pep Guardiola.

City clinched a £26.5 million move for the Brazilian on Sunday after beating off rival interest from the Premier League champions.

Chelsea had approached the right-back after a move to Juventus fell through, but it was City who won the race thanks to Guardiola's intervention.

"It happened very fast, I was training with Real Madrid, Pep called me and I was very motivated to make this change and start to work with him,” Danilo told reporters at the launch of City Football Group's joint venture with Goals in the United States and Canada.