AFC Wimbledon goalkeeper Spike Brits has confirmed his move to Manchester City.
The England youth international, 16, has completed his transfer to last season's treble winners. City agreed a club record academy fee for the young shot-stopper earlier this month and the move has now gone through.
Brits, who has been at the club since under-nine level, shared the exciting news on Instagram writing: "Delighted to have signed for @mancity and proud to call Manchester my new home! It's time to get started, can't wait! Let's go, City!"
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His exit comes as a blow to the League Two side, with the club having lost England youth stars Archie Stevens to Rangers and Leon Chiwome to Wolves in the last year too. Nonetheless, a move to City was a chance the club could not deny Brits of.
"This is a bittersweet moment for us as an academy, because Spike is someone who we've seen develop from being a young boy to a young man," Dons academy boss Michael Hamilton told the club website. "And that story would have had a beautiful ending, if he had progressed and played for the first team.
"This opportunity affords him the chance to take his potential into an elite environment, it's an opportunity of a lifetime. Spike’s love for goalkeeping has been there long before a pair of gloves fitted him but his mindset over the last 36 months or so is an example to all young players."
