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Wilfried Bony plays for Swansea against Liverpool at Anfield on December 29, 2014


London (AFP) - Swansea striker Wilfried Bony on Wednesday signed for English Premier League champions Manchester City, the Ivory Coast football federation announced.


The fee is believed to be about 28 million pounds ($42 million, 36 million euros).


"The attacker Wilfried Bony has just signed for Manchester City this Wednesday," the Ivory Coast federation said in a statement on its website.


Manchester City has been in negotiations with Swansea for 26-year-old Bony, who is on African Nations Cup duty, for more than a week.


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