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Manchester City are closing in on the signature of Aston Villa striker Darius Vassell after a fee was agreed between the two clubs.
The 25-year-old has spent his whole career at Villa Park, but that now looks to be coming to an end after seven years.
The England international endured an injury plagued campaign last season and started less than 20 games, and he managed just two goals.
Now City, fresh with a £20 million injection from the sale of Shaun Wright-Phillips, have agreed a fee in the region of £2.5 million for Vassell.
City boss Stuart Pearce has already added Andy Cole to his strike-force this summer, but he wants Vassell to provide extra competition.
David O'Leary has now relented over Vassell after earlier stating his intent to keep the player.
"Darius was asked to go back to England, and he's gone back to have a medical and sign for Manchester City," he said.
"I can't say at the moment what the exact fee is, but I think it's a fee that suits Aston Villa.
"It's not fair to say that I had to sell Darius to bring in money. That would be totally unfair on the club. This is just a good deal.
"I've got a budget where I have to try and get players in, but that's nothing to do with the Darius deal.
"He had a year left on his contract, we've been offered good money by Manchester City, so it suits everybody all round as it stands.
"But who knows? The player could maybe go up there an fail to agree terms, so it's not done yet."
Villa themselves are been strongly tipped to land Liverpool's Milan Baros and the departure of Vassell would go some way to financing that move.
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