Man City sign France winger Cherki from Lyon

Manchester City person signed France planetary Rayan Cherki from Lyon connected a five-year contract, the Premier League nine announced Tuesday.

City volition wage an archetypal interest of €36 cardinal ($41.1 million) to unafraid the 21-year-old's services.

Cherki impressed successful his planetary debut for France against Spain connected Thursday and helium volition present beryllium disposable to articulation Pep Guardiola's for the Club World Cup.

City are acceptable to question to their grooming campy successful Florida this week up of their archetypal crippled against Moroccan broadside Wydad AC successful Philadelphia connected June 18.

"This is simply a imagination for me," Cherki said successful a City statement. "Honestly, to beryllium joining a nine similar Manchester City and person the accidental to marque the adjacent measurement successful my vocation present is thing very, precise special.

"I person worked truthful hard for this each my life. I emotion this sport, and I can't hold to make further present successful Manchester with Pep and his backroom staff."

Other English and German clubs were funny successful Cherki, but the guardant was won implicit by Guardiola successful discussions, sources told ESPN.

"Everyone knows however bully City are -- they person been truthful palmy for galore years now," Cherki added. "The work to assistance the squad proceed winning is thing I privation to embrace.

"I would lone permission Lyon for a task I truly judge successful and everything astatine City suggests I tin make my crippled and assistance the squad beryllium palmy successful the future. I can't hold to amusement City fans what I tin do."

Cherki, who scored 29 goals successful 185 appearances with Lyon, is not expected to beryllium the past accomplishment astatine City up of the Club World Cup.

Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders is besides acceptable to articulation the club. A interest of €55 cardinal has been agreed, and helium has been fixed support to permission the Netherlands campy to acquisition a aesculapian and motion his contract.

Information from ESPN's Rob Dawson was utilized successful this report.