Manchester City are set to hire Sporting Lisbon’s Hugo Viana to replace the outgoing Txiki Begiristain as their new sporting director. Viana’s arrival at City could be announced as early as next week,

Manchester City are closing in on an agreement to appoint Hugo Viana as their next director of football, a source has told ESPN.

Officials at the Etihad Stadium had their eye on one other potential sporting director replacement to Txiki Begiristain prior to moving ahead with Hugo Viana.Sporting CP’s current director of