Manchester Metropolis have signed defender Abdukodir Khusanov on a four-and-a-half-year deal from French facet Lens.
The 20-year-old has joined for a reported payment of 40 million euros (£33.8m) plus add-ons and is the primary participant from Uzbekistan to hitch a Premier League membership.
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He stated: “I’m completely delighted to be becoming a member of Manchester Metropolis, a membership that I’ve loved watching for a very long time.
“This squad is stuffed with the perfect gamers on this planet, and I can’t wait to satisfy them and play alongside them.
“And naturally Pep Guardiola is without doubt one of the biggest coaches ever and I’m so excited to be taught from him and enhance my recreation much more.
“This can be a very proud second for me and my household to be becoming a member of an ideal membership like Manchester Metropolis and I’m greater than prepared for this problem.”
Metropolis’s director of soccer Txiki Begiristain added: “We’re very glad that he has joined us and we’re all very enthusiastic about what he’ll carry.
“For such a younger defender, Abdukodir is already very clever, in addition to being robust, aggressive and very fast.”
