London - Manchester City have agreed a fee with Chelsea to sign their full back Wayne Bridge, manager Mark Hughes confirmed on Friday.

"My understanding is the clubs have agreed a fee," Hughes said, with the deal expected to be around 12 million pounds.

"We need to speak to the boy and try to agree personal terms. If we can do that hopefully Wayne will be a Manchester City player, that's the aim.

"Wayne will probably travel to Manchester this evening and hopefully negotiations will go well and he can have a medical tomorrow.

"Hopefully if the deal can be concluded I'll be absolutely delighted to welcome him to Manchester City."

The 28-year-old Bridge has struggled to hold down a first-team place ever since he joined Chelsea from Southampton for 7 million pounds in 2004. (dpa)