Manchester City hope to complete the £62million signing of Atletico Madrid midfielder Rodri by next week.
City have moved swiftly to secure the Spain international, seen by boss Pep Guardiola as the natural successor to Fernandinho.
Premier League champions City will trigger Rodri's £62m release clause, leaving only a medical - potentially next week - and an agreement over personal terms to conclude the deal.
Bayern Munich have conceded defeat in their bid to land Rodri, after the 22-year-old indicated his desire to join City and play for Guardiola.
Atletico have already secured Rodri’s replacement, having confirmed the signing of Real Madrid midfielder Marcos Llorente.
Llorente has moved across the Spanish capital in a deal believed to be worth £35million.
And that has left the way clear for City to seal the deal to land Rodri, who only moved to the Wanda Metropolitano from Villarreal 12 months ago.
Rodri, seen in Spain as the natural successor to Sergio Busquets at senior level, has been City's primary focus this summer.
City are also hoping to tie up a £65million deal for Leicester and England centre-back Harry Maguire, to replace former skipper Vincent Kompany, who left this summer to take over as player-manager of his boyhood club Anderlecht.
