Man City are set to sign Georgios Samaras after agreeing a fee with Heerenveen.
Manchester City are set to sign Georgios Samaras from Heerenveen after agreeing a fee with the Dutch club.
The 20-year-old Greek striker has been Stuart Pearce's chief transfer target during the January window and the City boss looks to have finally landed his man, with the fee believed to be around £6million.
Robbie Fowler's move to Liverpool on Friday helped to free up the funds for a renewed offer for Samaras after City's initial offer of £3million was rebuffed.
Samaras took Heerenveen to a tribunal late last week in an unsuccessful attempt to force them to lower their asking price of £9million, which he believed to be unfair and would prevent him from furthering his career.
However, the Eredivisie club have agreed a compromise deal with City after the player refused to return to training on Friday.
Club president Riemer van der Velde told Sky Sports News that City are getting the best young striker in Holland.
"It was a hard deal because it was very difficult to come to an agreement with the club of Manchester," van der Velde told Sky Sports News.
"He thinks it would not work any longer with our club so we made contact with City and it's for the best that we did that.
"He's a big player, the best in Holland at his age.
"He's big, he's very strong, he's a good header of the ball and he is a good technical footballer.
"He has a good character and I think he will be a very big player in the future for City."
The Greek Under-21 international will complete his move to Eastlands on Monday, subject to a medical and the successful negotiation of personal terms.
