Manchester Metropolis have signed left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri from Wolves for a reported £31m.
The 24-year-old has signed a five-year contract and may play within the Membership World Cup later this month.
“I’m extremely completely happy and honoured to have joined Manchester Metropolis. Metropolis are one of many largest golf equipment on this planet and the prospect to play for the membership is a dream come true,” he mentioned.
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“I’m additionally so enthusiastic about working with and studying from Pep (Guardiola) and his teaching group and getting to coach and play alongside such a world class group of gamers.
“I’m younger and I got here right here to enhance rather a lot. I have to be taught and enhance my soccer for positive – it’s why I selected this massive problem.
“I do know I can enhance my soccer and being in these sort of situations with this group and this supervisor, for positive I’ll enhance my soccer.”
Ait-Nouri has spent 5 years at Wolves, initially arriving on mortgage from Angers earlier than signing completely for £14.9m in 2021.
He’s Metropolis’s first left-back specialist since Benjamin Mendy, who performed his ultimate sport for the membership nearly 4 years in the past.
Oleksandr Zinchenko, Joao Cancelo, Nathan Ake, Josko Gvardiol and – most just lately – Nico O’Reilly have been among the many gamers to fill the place since.