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From Lee Bradbury to Aymeric Laporte via Paulo Wanchope: How Manchester City smashed their transfer records since the Premier League began

Manchester City have broken their transfer record with the £57million signing of centre back Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao.

Laporte, 23, has put pen to paper on a five-and-a-half-year deal to finalise his move to England.

The Frenchman's arrival surpasses the record fee previously set by Kevin De Bruyne, whose transfer cost City £54m from Wolfsburg back in 2015.

Manchester City have broken their transfer record with the u00a357m signing of Aymeric Laporte
Manchester City have broken their transfer record with the £57m signing of Aymeric Laporte

Since the advent of the Premier League back in 1992, the Sky Blues have broken their transfer record 10 times.