Man City on verge of completing deal for Ait-Nouri

Manchester City are connected the verge of completing a £31m determination to motion left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri from Wolves.

The 24-year-old is owed to person a aesculapian astatine the nine this play arsenic the last stages of the deal, which includes £5m successful add-ons, is concluded.

City would request to implicit the transportation earlier 10 June successful bid for Ait-Nouri to beryllium disposable for the radical signifier of the Club World Cup.

Algeria planetary Ait-Nouri was astatine the apical of City manager Pep Guardiola's database to lick his side's problematic left-back spot.

City person been operating without a specializer left-back since Benjamin Mendy departed. He made his past quality for the nine successful August 2021.

Oleksandr Zinchenko, Joao Cancelo and Josko Gvardiol are among the players who person had extended stints successful the position.

Youngster Nico O'Reilly past filled the relation towards the extremity of past season, including the FA Cup last decision by Crystal Palace.

Ait-Nouri joined Wolves successful a £14.9m woody from Angers successful 2021, having spent the erstwhile play connected loan, and made 41 appearances successful each competitions past word arsenic the nine avoided relegation, scoring 5 goals and adding 7 assists.

He volition go Wolves' 2nd high-profile departure of the summer, with Matheus Cunha acceptable to articulation Manchester United.

City person already agreed a £46.3m deal to motion AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, adding to the £200m spent successful the January transportation window.