Manchester City have agreed a deal to sign 18-year-old centre-back Juma Bah from AIK Freetong, a report has confirmed.
Bah is enjoying a new season on loan in La Liga with Real Valladolid, for whom he has already made 14 appearances in all competitions, and a number of clubs are believed to have shown an interest in the Sierra Leone international.
It was recently reported that City Football Group, the largest ownership group after Manchester City, had set their sights on Bah, but now Fabrizio Romano has specified that it is the Premier League champions who are pursuing his signature.
City have reached an agreement to sign Bah, although it is not clear whether Pep Guardiola's side will sign him immediately or at the end of the season, when his loan spell with Valladolid expires. However, there are suggestions that the teenager could be loaned out to French side Lens, who sold Abdukodir Khusanov to City this week.
If the move goes as expected, Bah could be the third centre-back signing of the winter window for City, who also have announced the capture of 19-year-old Vitor Reis from Palmeiras. The transfer fee for the young Brazilian is thought to have been around £30 million.
However, the transfer spree doesn't stop there, Eintracht Frankfurt striker Omar Marmoush is set to join in a deal worth just under £70m, while talks have opened with Juventus over a transfer to re-sign midfielder Douglas Luiz.