Stoke City are set to break their transfer record by signing the French-Belgian midfielder Giannelli Imbula from Porto for £18m (€24m).
The 23-year-old was still in Portugal on Monday morning but talks advanced quickly with Stoke agreeing to Porto having a 15% sell-on clause included in the deal, according to maisfutebol.
Imbula, who joined Porto from Marseille in 2015, has been capped seven times by France at Under-21 level but has yet to play for the senior team and recently suggested he would be keen to represent Belgium.
Stoke’s previous record fee was the £12m paid to Internazionale for Xherdan Shaqiri in August of last year.
Imbula was the most expensive signing in the history of Portuguese football when he joined Porto in a €20m deal.
