No financial details were disclosed, but British media reported the fee to be 13.8 million pounds ($18.3 million). Europe's summer transfer window opened for business on Friday and Premier League clubs are set to dominate, even more so than normal. The first day of what likely will be the busiest and biggest-spending transfer window ever seen in English soccer began with Manchester City and Crystal Palace signing forwards on Friday. Spain international Nolito became City's second signing under new coach Pep Guardiola " after Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan " when he joined from Celta Vigo on a four-year deal. "It's fantastic that we've managed to get a player of Andros' quality into the club," Palace chairman Steve Parish said.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 01, 2016 09:45 UTC