London:Manchester City's owners have confirmed their purchase of Uruguayan club Atletico Torque as the Abu Dhabi-based investors add to their growing portfolio.
City's parent company, City Football Group (CFG), announced second tier Atletico will become part of their global network of clubs.
They already own Major League Soccer's New York City, Melbourne City in Australia and Japan's Yokohama F Marinos.
As well as Montevideo-based Atletico, CFG, who are led by City owner Sheikh Mansour, also revealed they have entered into a "collaboration agreement" with Atletico Venezuela of the Venezuelan Primera Division.
The two deals will give CFG a foothold in South America that will help it develop players, while the scouting presence available to the Premier League club in that continent will be doubled.
