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Manuel Pellegrini Manchester City reign will begin with a move for Sevilla striker ­Alvaro Negredo.

Pellegrini is ­scheduled to finally arrive in Manchester to take up his new ­position after spending the last week back home in the Chilean capital of Santiago.

His first task will be to bring a new striker to the Etihad after taking the decision to allow Carlos Tevez to join Juventus in a £10million deal.

After losing out to Real Madrid in the race to sign Spanish wonderkid Isco from his former club Malaga, ­Pellegrini is now eyeing up another swoop on La Liga. City raided Sevilla earlier this month to sign Jesus Navas for £15million.

(Image: Mike Hewitt - FIFA)

And they are hoping to land Negredo, who has a £18m buy-out clause on a contract that still has four years to run.

The Spanish international is also attracting interest from Tottenham and ­Atletico Madrid, while West Ham have had a £14.5m bid rejected.

Negredo, who will be 28 in August, was the top home- grown goalscorer in Spain last season, with 25 of his 31 goals coming in La Liga.

He has told Sevilla that he wants to join a club that will allow him to play in the Champions League.

Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido has warned that he will not sell Negredo for anything less than his buy-out clause.