David Silva joins Manchester City

Posted by Karan Israni On July 15, 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Manchester City have completed the £24m transfer of Spain international winger David Silva from Valencia.

Silva, 24, had a medical on Wednesday before signing a four-year contract at City, where he hopes to earn Champions League qualification next season.

"I will be happy if at the end we are in the Champions League - or if we win a trophy," he told the club's website.

"My first target is to get into the team, and then to fight for the league and the other competitions."

Silva becomes City manager Roberto Mancini's third signing of the summer following the arrivals of Hamburg's German international defender Jerome Boateng and Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure from Barcelona as the big-spending Blues resume their quest to establish themselves among the Premier League's elite.

"Roberto Mancini and [chief executive] Garry Cook have told me we are building a very good team with some of the best players in the world and we are going to fight for honours," added the Spaniard.

Silva will not join up with his new team-mates until after he returns from a holiday in the Canary Islands following his World Cup campaign with newly-crowned champions Spain.

Silva fell out of favour with Spain boss Del Bosque at this summer's World Cup

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