City Sign Rayan Ait-Nouri From Wolves For €36m

He becomes City’s first major signing of the summer, with AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders also set to join.

Manchester City have completed the signing of left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri from Wolves.

The 24-year-old Algeria international has signed a five-year contract at the Etihad Stadium after the clubs agreed a fee of €36million (£31m).

He becomes City’s first major signing of the summer, with AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders also set to join.

Ait-Nouri will be eligible for the upcoming Club World Cup later this month, with City also looking to get Reijnders done in time.

“I am incredibly happy and honoured to have joined Manchester City. City are one of the biggest clubs in the world and the chance to play for the club is a dream come true,” he said.

“I am also so excited about working with and learning from Pep (Guardiola) and his coaching team and getting to train and play alongside such a world class group of players.

“I’m young and I came here to improve a lot. I need to learn and improve my football for sure – it’s why I chose this big challenge.

“I know I can improve my football and being in these kind of conditions with this team and this manager, for sure I will improve my football.”

Ait-Nouri has spent five years at Wolves, initially arriving on loan from Angers before signing permanently for £14.9m in 2021.

He is City’s first left-back specialist since Benjamin Mendy, who played his final game for the club almost four years ago.

Oleksandr Zinchenko, Joao Cancelo, Nathan Ake, Josko Gvardiol and – most recently – Nico O’Reilly have been among the players to fill the position since.

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