Ben Haim bound for City
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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Israel defender Tal Ben Haim has made Manchester City FC his third English club after joining the UEFA Cup hopefuls for an undisclosed fee from Chelsea FC.
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Four-year deal
City confirmed that the 26-year-old has penned a four-year contract, subject to obtaining a work permit, which ends a one-season stay at Stamford Bridge following his move from Bolton Wanderers FC last summer. The former Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC centre-back becomes new manager Mark Hughes's second signing after Brazil centre-forward Jô. City entertain EB/Streymur in the second leg of their UEFA Cup first qualifying round tie on Thursday having won 2-0 in the Faroe Islands a fortnight ago.