Diaz bids farewell ahead of transfer

BRAHIM Diaz’s has issued a farewell message after the Spanish youngster completed his transfer to Real Madrid.

The teenager joined Madrid in a deal worth up to £22m having ignored Pep Guardiola’s pleas to remain at the Etihad.

Brahim took to social media last night with the following message to City:

“I was only a kid when I first came to England.

“They showed me the training ground at Platt Lane, I was told about the long term plans for the club and that day I trained as a Manchester City player for the first time in my life.

“I arrived to the city with my parents, Sufiel and Patricia, and my three sisters: Zaira, Idaira and Dunia.

“The fourth, Irina, was born a few months later. We couldn’t speak any English in my family.

“But language is not a problem in football.

“Today, I close a chapter of my life and I say goodbye to Manchester City, the club where I have grown. I came here being a kid and now I am a professional footballer.

“Thank you to all the managers in the club, from the Academy to the first team, for believing in me because they taught me not only to be a better player, but a better person.

“Thank you to all the backroom staff and the medical services. Thank you to everyone involved in the offices working to make this club improve every day. Thank you to my team-mates.

“And thank you, of course, to every single one Manchester City supporter. I will never forget having my name chanted from the stands the night we beat Fulham in the League Cup.

“All the best.”