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Kevin De Bruyne arrives at Manchester Airport ahead of £54m switch to Manchester City

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Wolfsburg's sporting director Klaus Allofs confirmed a deal was in place for the Belgian to return to the Premier League, 18 months after leaving Chelsea Kevin De Bruyne has arrived at Manchester Airport ahead of his £54m switch to the Etihad. Wolfsburg's sporting director Klaus Allofs confirmed a deal was in place for the Belgian to return to the Premier League on Friday, and could be completed within the next 48 hours. Pictures emerged of De Bruyne boarding a private jet at Braunschweig Airport this morning with Sport1 claiming he was on his way to England. And now the same jet has touched down in Manchester ahead of his proposed move to City. De Bruyne is set to undergo a medical today and could be in the stands for this afternoon's clash with Watford. SOURCE

Man City and Manchester United among top six best paid sport teams

Manchester City are the third-best paid sport team in the world - three places ahead of United - for 2015. Paris Saint-Germain, who recently secured their third successive Ligue 1 title and were taken over by Qatar Sports Investment in 2011, are first with an average weekly wage of £101,898, according to the Sporting Intelligence website. City spent an average of £96,445 on wages per week, while United's is £89,988. Annually, that amounts to £5,015,122 for City and £4,679,377 for United. As well as PSG, Real Madrid are the only other sport side who shell out more on wages than City. Barcelona and Major League Baseball team LA Dodgers are also above United, in sixth. The annual report was first produced in 2010 and eight football clubs are included in this year's top 12 list, along with three MLB teams and the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Brooklyn Nets. With Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules set to be relaxed by Uefa president Michel Platini, City could b

A man who shocked the nation after trying to have sex with a post box has been found dead.

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The body of Paul Bennett, 45, from Worsley, Greater Manchester, was discovered behind a Chinese restaurant in the early hours of Sunday morning. Greater Manchester Police are not treating his death as suspicious, but believe that it may have been drug related. Last month, Wigan Magistrates court heard how Bennett had been spotted rubbing himself against the post box with his trousers  down, before raising his arms in a star position, shouting ‘wow’. He pleaded guilty to two charges of indecent exposure as well as using threatening and abusive words and abusive behaviour. Bennett received a 12-month community order with a compulsory alcohol treatment and supervision programme. He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register and pay £260 in victim compensation and court costs. Paying tribute, an acquaintance of Mr Bennett said: ‘He had his troubles but he wasn’t a bad lad’.