Bony – a £28m
signing from Swansea in January 2015 – was at Stoke’s training ground on
Wednesday morning ahead of agreeing to join Mark Hughes’ side.
The Ivory
Coast international, down the striking pecking order at the Etihad, tweeted:
“It’s a new day & I look forward to a new exciting challenge.”
Hughes told
the club website: “Bringing Wilfried in was a no-brainer for us to be perfectly
honest, because he knows the Premier League and has scored plenty of goals at
this level.
“He has power,
speed and very good physical attributes which will undoubtedly help us, and his
technical and finishing skills are outstanding too.
“Eighteen
months ago he was being bought for a hugely significant amount of money, so we
know that we are bringing in a top quality striker.”
“Everybody is
aware of Wilfried and what he is capable of, and it was no surprise that one of
the bigger clubs came in for him on the back of his performances for Swansea –
the only surprise has been that he didn’t enjoy the success with Manchester
City that we all thought he would.”
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