Man City sign Wolves defender Ait-Nouri for £31m

Manchester City person signed Wolves left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri for £31m.

The 24-year-old Algeria defender has signed a statement until 2030 and is disposable for nan group shape of nan Club World Cup.

City statesman their run successful nan recently expanded tourney against Moroccan nine Wydad AC connected 18 June.

Algeria world Ait-Nouri joined Wolves successful a £14.9m woody from Angers successful 2021, having spent nan erstwhile play connected indebtedness astatine Molineux, and made 41 appearances successful each competitions past word arsenic nan nine avoided relegation, scoring 5 goals and adding 7 assists.

He is Wolves' 2nd high-profile departure of nan summer, pinch Manchester United having agreed to motion Brazil striker Matheus Cunha for £62.5m.

City person already agreed a £46.3m woody to motion AC Milan's Netherlands midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, adding to nan £200m spent successful nan January transportation window.

Ait-Nouri said: "City are 1 of nan biggest clubs successful nan world and nan chance to play for nan nine is simply a dream travel true.

"I americium excited astir moving pinch and learning from Pep Guardiola and his coaching squad and getting to train and play alongside specified a world people group of players."

City are besides successful talks to motion English goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli from Chelsea.

The 33-year-old has been 3rd prime astatine Stamford Bridge for nan past 4 seasons and City will purpose to complete a woody earlier Tuesday's transportation deadline.

Earlier, City announced seasoned goalkeeper Scott Carson will leave nan club erstwhile his statement expires this summer.

Former Wolves coach Edu Rubio, who worked pinch Ait-Nouri during nan 2022-23 season

His method competency, his expertise and accomplishment successful tight areas - keeping nan shot adjacent to his feet - springiness him nan opportunity to fresh perfectly into Guardiola's possession-based play.

He tin besides dribble pinch speed, to get nan squad up nan transportation driving pinch nan ball, which is astir apt what Manchester City request correct now - players who tin break lines.

Defensively he has improved his crippled since his presence to nan Premier League and his one-v-one defending is of a very bully standard. He tin header physically and is simply a very versatile subordinate who tin run successful immoderate position down nan flank, aliases by playing arsenic an inverted full-back.

He needs to amended his decision-making connected nan shot - he tin return 1 touch excessively galore astatine times and slow nan shot velocity down successful a possession crippled that Guardiola loves. He besides needs to activity connected his extremity merchandise successful attack.

At a nine for illustration City he will request to get his assistance ratio higher, but it is thing he tin decidedly do.