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£120k-a-week ex-Bielsa player reportedly set to join another club with pay cut, despite Leeds rumour

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Claudio Bravo will not be joining Leeds United this summer, according to Goal.

Bravo was linked with a move to Leeds ahead of the transfer window by En Cancha in his native Chile.

And he his now a free agent after his Manchester City contract expired.

The goalkeeper played under Marcelo Bielsa when the Leeds boss coached the Chilean national team.

But it is with a Chilean manager that Bravo will apparently link up.

Goal reports the 37-year-old is set for Real Betis, after his signature was requested by the Spaniards’ new boss Manuel Pellegrini.

And it is claimed that Bravo is keen on the move, with talks now underway regarding his salary – alleged by The Standard to have been £120,000-a-week in Manchester – as he ‘prepares to take a significant pay cut’.

Manchester City’s Chilean manager Manuel Pellegrini gestures during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north… (OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images)

Leeds have been linked with another experienced goalkeeper in Sergio Romero of Manchester United.

The Whites have already completed a permanent move for the young French shot-stopper Illan Meslier this summer, although doubts remain over the future of his experienced rival Kiko Casilla, after the latter’s racism charge and subsequent suspension last season.