City sign Mills and Samaras

Manchester City have signed both Southampton dfender Matthew Mills and Hereneveen striker Georgios Samaras on transfer deadline day. Mills, the 19-year-old, an England Under-21 international who has had loan spells at Coventry and Bournemouth, has agreed a three-and-a-half-year deal. Mills was coached by City's reserve team manager Steve Wigley when he was in charge of Saints' youth academy.


Samaras, the 20-year-old completed his move on Monday night after agreeing personal terms and passing a medical. Samaras will make his City debut in Wednesday's home Premiership clash with Newcastle providing his international clearance comes through in time. The Greek forward is believed to have signed a four-and-a-half year deal with Stuart Pearce's side. City previously offered only £3m for the Greek forward, who went on strike rather than return to training after Heerenveen had wanted nearer to £9m. But they agreed a £6m fee with Heerenveen on Saturday night.

Good buys for City because both players are very young and very talented. The Samaras signing has taking a hell of a long time but City fans and staff will now all be very relieved that they have finally got their man. The Mills signing is a good one because the player has done well at previous clubs and he is still only a teenager.

If you have any rumours or any more deals happening today on this very busy day please leave a comment.