Manchester City dostig soglasheniya s Lille o perekhode 18-letnego poluzashchitnika Ayyoub Bouaddi. Summa sdelki sostavlyayet 81.4 million funtov sterlingov plus 4.2 milliona v vide razlichnykh bonuses.
Ranee klub pokinuli Rodri, ushedshiy v Barcelona, i Tijjani Reinders, prodanniy v Al-Qadsiah, iz-za chego tsentr poluzashchity stal dlya City prioritetnoy zonoy usileniya. Ranee komanda takzhe priobretla Elliot Anderson iz Nottingham Forest.
Bouaddi provel yarkiy sezon, blestel na World Cup v sostave sbornoy Morocco i zayavil o sebe v Champions League v matche protiv Real Madrid. On ustanovil neskolko vozrastnykh rekordov v sostave Lille, sygrav za francuzskiy klub 88 matchey.
V voskresenye City provedyot svoy perviy match v Premier League protiv Bournemouth. Proshhye vykhodnye komanda zavershila porazheniem ot Arsenal v Community Shield.
