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Manchester City have reportedly secured the signature for Irish teenage goalkeeping sensation Gavin Bazunu.

The Premier League champions will pay Shamrock Rovers an initial fee of €350,00 for the 16-year-old, according to the Irish Daily Star.

Bazunu will sign a pre-contract agreement with Pep Guardiola's side before officially joining in January.

A number of English sides have kept close tabs on Bazunu since he took over the starting berth in June amidst a goalkeeping crisis at the club.

He then kept four consecutive clean sheets in League action, before conceding his first goal in the first leg of the Hoops' Europa League first round tie against AIK.

Veteran Alan Mannus has taken over duties since the second leg in Sweden.

Liverpool, Celtic, Norwich City, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur were all reportedly linked with signing Bazunu, and Rovers rejected a €200,000 bid from Spurs.

The transfer will also see Bazunu complete his second level studies in Ireland, with Rovers helping to facilitate his education at Ashfield College in Dundrum, along with fellow prospects Aaron Bolger and Dean Dillon.