Santa Cruz ‘delighted’ with move

Roque Santa Cruz has signed a four-year deal at Manchester City after they agreed a fee in the region of £18million with Blackburn for the Paraguayan international.

The South American will link up again with former Blackburn manager Mark Hughes at Eastlands and expressed his happiness at finally making the switch to Manchester after being linked with a transfer during the January window.

Speaking to Sky Sports News, Santa Cruz said he was glad to finally seal the move to City, and excited for the future.

"Well it took a very long time to get me here and now everything is done. I am very happy and delighted with everything and looking forward to the season."

"I think everybody is expecting a lot and the fact the club are signing big players, great players, also shows we want to be as good as possible", Santa Cruz noted.

"I think everybody is talking about breaking the top four so once we get there, we need to keep looking forward and see what is the best we can get."

The 27-year-old further admitted that the fact that Mark Hughes was in charge at Eastlands was a big factor in his move.

"It's very good I know the way he [Hughes] trains and the people who were with him and the fact that he's a winner and he wants to perform better and better."

"So having him here has helped me a lot to decide and also of course that it is a great club with great fans, and I am looking forward to playing games here."

Santa Cruz is City's second signing of the summer after Gareth Barry, with reports speculating that the club are also in the hunt for strikers Carlos Tevez and Samuel Eto'o as well as Arsenal defender Kolo Toure.