 Tevez scored five league goals in 29 matches last season |
Manchester City have agreed a deal to sign former West Ham and Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez.
The 25-year-old Argentine forward, who left Old Trafford last month, will sign a five-year deal subject to a medical.
"It's terrific news," City boss Mark Hughes said. "He is an international of the highest class who possesses all the attributes to help drive us forward.
"This is yet another deal that shows the commitment of the owner to make this club the very best it can be."
Tevez, who will wear the number 32 shirt at Eastlands, spent a season with West Ham before joining Manchester United on an extended loan deal in 2007.
His move to Old Trafford ended a long-running saga following complications with West Ham's registration of the player.
The Premier League has ratified all the paperwork regarding his move to Eastlands having been assured City have sole registration of the striker.
He was at Old Trafford as Sir Alex Ferguson's side lifted successive Premier League titles, becoming a crowd favourite as he scored 34 goals in 99 league and cup starts.
Tevez will become one of a select band to have joined both Manchester clubs and he could re-visit his former club at the Old Trafford derby on 19 September.
United said in June that they were willing to pay the £25.5m to turn the striker's two-year loan move into a permanent five-year deal but Tevez decided to move on.
Speaking after Tevez's decision to leave Manchester United, the player's advisor Kia Joorabchian said: "He has to sign the next five years with a club he believes has got ambition to go forward in the Premier League, a club with history and one that really wants to achieve things."
Argentine international Tevez scored 15 goals last season but was often on the bench for key games and was wary of not getting enough first-team football ahead of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Manchester City's summer spending so far has seen them sign striker Roque Santa Cruz from Blackburn for £18m and Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry for £12m.
But a proposed bid for Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o fell through - even though reports suggested the club was willing to make the Cameroon international the highest-paid player in the world, earning £250,000 per week.
There have also been rumours that Chelsea captain John Terry is on Manchester City's wish-list, although Stamford Bridge boss Carlo Ancelotti insists the England defender is not for sale at any price.
Rumours also abound that Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor will be offered a lucrative five-year contract.
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