Manchester City agree £33.6m deal with Lens for Uzbekistan central defender Abdukodir Khusanov.
Sources with knowledge of the deal say there are additional bonus payments attached to the sale, with the player due to undergo a medical before the transfer is officially confirmed.
The club are also in negotiations with Brazilian side Palmeiras for teenage defender Vitor Reis, although the club's president has been quoted as saying reports they are keen to cash in on the 18-year-old are "not correct". Khusanov will become the first Uzbekistan player to join a Premier League club once his move is completed. He will also be City's first significant January signing since the arrival of Aymeric Laporte in 2018.
Ruben Dias has not featured since the derby defeat by Manchester United on 15 December and has been ruled out of Saturday's FA Cup third-round tie with League Two side Salford City.
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