Claudio Bravo Leaves Manchester City After 4 Seasons

Manchester City have confirmed that goalkeeper Claudio Bravo has left the club following the expiration of his contract.

Bravo followed Pep Guardiola to the Etihad Stadium back in the summer of 2016 for around £15.4m and went on to make 61 appearances for City in total. During this time, he managed to keep 20 clean sheets. The Chilean has been limited to mainly cup appearances since the arrival of Ederson back in the summer of 2017, however.

The shot-stopper's contract was due to expire earlier this summer, but he penned a short-term extension in order to complete the 2019/20 campaign with Man City. The club have now confirmed on their official website that the 37-year-old has now departed.

The club's statement read: "Claudio Bravo has left Manchester City after four years with the Club. The Chilean goalkeeper, now 37, made 61 appearances for City after joining from Barcelona in 2016 and kept 20 clean sheets.

"Bravo was signed to fit in with Pep Guardiola’s playing from the back strategy and made 30 appearances during his first campaign. Everybody at Manchester City would like to thank Claudio for his four years at the Club and wish him good fortune in his future endeavours."

While Bravo did fail to live up to expectations at City, he leaves with four EFL Cup winners medals and six in total. Bravo has been linked with a number of clubs, including Arsenal, but Goal recently reported that the goalkeeper is 'set' to sign for Real Betis.

The free agent is keen on making the switch and it is even claimed that he is willing to take a major pay cut in order to make the move happen. Betis have made their move to sign him at the request of new boss Manuel Pellegrini as he looks to strengthen at the back ahead of the 2020/21 season.