Manchester City’s deadline day exodus has continued after Eliaquim Mangala joined Valencia.
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France global Mangala has made a decision to spend the season with La Liga club Valencia after failing to feature in any of City’s first five games of the season.
However, the powerful centre-back has struggled to live up to his billing at Eastlands and now finds himself behind summer signing John Stones in the pecking order.
Valencia have endured a nightmare start to the season with defeats to Las Palmas and Eibar leaving them bottom of La Liga.
The 25-year-old arrives as a timely defensive reinforcement for the LaLiga club following Shkodran Mustafi’s departure to Arsenal on Tuesday, while Aymen Abdennour is reportedly a target for Chelsea.
Mangala refused to leave City a year ago but was set to also be excluded from Guardiola’s Premier League squad list.
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France worldwide Mangala follows Joe Hart, Samir Nasri and Wilfried Bony to depart the Etihad, with the 25-year-old joining Valencia until the end of the season.
