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| Benjamin Mendy (left), who played against Manchester City in the Champions League last season, is the third most costly Premier League marking of the summer |
The 23-year-old France left-back has marked a five-year bargain.
Mendy is City's fifth real marking of the mid year, taking their spending to more than £200m.
"He is without a doubt one of the world's best full-backs, our main focus in this position," said executive of football Txiki Begiristain.
Mendy played 34 times for Monaco last season and helped them to their first Ligue 1 title in 17 years in the wake of going along with them from Marseille the previous summer.
City have effectively marked England appropriate back Kyle Walker for £45m, in addition to a potential £5m of additional items, Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva (£43m), Brazilian guardian Ederson Moraes (£35m) and defender Danilo from Real Madrid (£26.5m).
They have sold left-back Aleksandar Kolarov, 31, to Roma for £4.5m.
Who is Benjamin Mendy?
Born in Longjumeau - a suburb of Paris
Signed for Monaco in June 2016 for a revealed £11m
Has four appearances for senior side
Has represented France's youth sides (under-16, 17, 18, 19 and 21)
City's sumptuous spending on defender
The landing of Mendy leaves Manchester City with the most costly guarded line-up in world football.
At the point when Ederson moved to the club from Benfica prior this late spring, his turn was a world record for a manager in sterling, in spite of the fact that not in euros.
Mendy and Walker have been added to a backline which additionally incorporates focus back John Stones, who was purchased for £47.5m from Everton the previous summer, with the trio making up three of the world's five most costly defenders.
Central defenders Nicolas Otamendi and Eliaquim Mangala, who spent last season on loan at Valencia, likewise joined City for charges accepted to be in the locale of £32m.
Monaco lose another player
Monaco beat Paris-St Germain to the French title last season and furthermore achieved the Champions League semi-finals.
Their players have along these lines been sought after, and Mendy is the third significant takeoff from the Ligue 1 club so far this summer.
Silva and Mendy have both joined City, while Chelsea marked midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko.
They could yet lose more players, with striker Kylian Mbappe, winger Thomas
Lemar and defender Fabinho connected with moves.
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