 Given has been at Newcastle since 1997
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Newcastle keeper Shay Given is having a medical at Manchester City after the two clubs agreed a fee for the Republic of Ireland international.
The Magpies granted permission for 32-year-old Given to start talks with Mark Hughes' side earlier in the week.
It is thought Newcastle wanted a fee of about £8m for the keeper after boss Joe Kinnear dismissed City's £5m offer for him as "insulting".
Given was left out of Newcastle's squad for Sunday's match against Sunderland.
He has played 461 games for the Magpies since joining for £1.5m from Blackburn in 1997, but has made it clear he wants to leave the struggling Premier League team.
Given has been first-choice keeper at Newcastle during his time at the club and Kinnear is adamant the club will have to be properly compensated for selling a player he believes to be the best in his position in the country.
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Meanwhile, Kinnear says he is still hopeful of signing Toulouse right-back Albin Ebondo.
"We're still tied up in negotiations," said Kinnear.
"The original price was £2.5m but [Toulouse] moved the goalposts and it's now £3m. We are still out in France negotiating. It's been two weeks now, so we have to wait and see."
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