03 June, 2017
The 23-year-old's move to the Premier League will make him the world's second most expensive goalkeeper, after Gianluigi Buffon, who joined Juventus for €53m in 2001.
The Brazil Under-23 cap is yet to make his full global debut, but is in the squad for the forthcoming friendlies against Argentina and Australia.
He made what may prove to be his final appearance for Benfica on Sunday night as they completed the double by beating Vitoria Guimaraes 2-1 in the Portuguese Cup final.
Under Premier League rules, the situation regarding TPO agreements must be resolved before a player can be registered.
The club bought attacking midfielder Bernardo Silva from Monaco for a reported 43 million pounds ($55 million).
While West Ham may be busy attempting to buy up all the players in Manchester City's squad Pep Guardiola no longer has room for, the Citizens are themselves looking for potential targets ahead of next season. Bravo was incapable of saving even the most of basic shots that came towards him and cost City a number of points throughout the season before being dropped from the first team.
The goalkeeper is believed to have travelled to Manchester on Tuesday to complete his medical and finalise the deal, which has now happened.
A season in which his team were frequently caught cold by the specific disciplines of English football has not bent Guardiola's vision of delivering success in the style learned and honed at Barcelona, before dominating German football with Bayern Munich.
Also read: Is Manchester City youngster Patrick Roberts set to be the next star at the Etihad Stadium?
Now, due to the potentially imminent arrival of a promising goalkeeper of Ederson's calibre, the goalkeeping issues may well be over for Pep.
Nobody knows better than Joe Hart how important a goalkeeper's skill with the ball at his feet is to Guardiola and Ederson appears to have every box ticked on that score.
Osman believes Guardiola must learn from how Manchester United treated David de Gea during his early days at the club.
