BENJAMIN MENDY is reportedly flying to Los Angeles for a medical with Manchester City.
The Monaco star is poised to give Etihad chief Pep Guardiola a £100million pair of new full-backs after Kyle Walker arrived from Tottenham for £50m.
The La Ligue 1 champions have been holding out for the same amount that England ace Walker cost.
And, as Guardiola made the hunt for two world-class full-backs a summer priority, City are tipped to complete a deal for about £51m within days.
Monaco had already left Mendy out of their 23-man squad for this weekend’s friendly against Sporting Lisbon in Portugal.
And that was the biggest hint yet that City are close to signing him – after Spurs hut the door on Three Lions’ left-back Danny Rose following Walker to the Etihad.
Mendy, 23, who has four caps, joined Monaco in June 2016 in a five-year deal from Marseille.
The French giants are also fighting to fend off Real Madrid‘s £100m interest in teen sensation Kylian Mbappe.
Monaco warned clubs not to make illegal approaches for the France striker, 18.
But Real have come back in for Mbappe and now believe they can complete a deal this month.
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