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Pep Guardiola closing in on £1billion of spending at Man City as Jack Grealish arrives

Manchester City's £100million purchase of Jack Grealish means Pep Guardiola is fast closing in on an astonishing £1billion spent since he took over as manager in 2016.

The reigning Premier League champions will break the British transfer record to sign Grealish from Aston Villa with confirmation of the move imminent.

That will take City's spending under Guardiola to just over £918million and should they succeed in their pursuit of Tottenham striker Harry Kane this tally will move above the billion pound mark.

Manchester City are poised to confirm the u00a3100million signing of Aston Villa's Jack Grealish

Manchester City are poised to confirm the £100million signing of Aston Villa's Jack Grealish

Pep Guardiola will get his man as City break the British transfer record to sign Grealish

Pep Guardiola will get his man as City break the British transfer record to sign Grealish

If City succeed in signing Harry Kane from Tottenham this summer, they'll pass u00a31billion of expenditure on new players since Pep Guardiola took over as manager in 2016

If City succeed in signing Harry Kane from Tottenham this summer, they'll pass £1billion of expenditure on new players since Pep Guardiola took over as manager in 2016

Tottenham are demanding a transfer fee of £150m for England captain Kane, meaning Grealish could quickly be surpassed as City's record transfer outlay.