When a club is big, popular and filled with cash, it doesn’t have problems of attracting players or playing mind games with other clubs when it comes to transfer fee. When the season in England ended, Manchester City executives hurled to fulfill Pep Guardiola’s wishes and not only revamp the aged squad which totally failed last season, but to do it before the FIFA’s Club World Cup. The Premier League modified its transfer window and opened it from June 1st until June 10th and it seems that City want to buy all their targeted players before the deadline (the widow will reopen on June 16th and will close on September 1st). Today, the club officially unveiled Rayan Ait-Nouri as their new signing at left-back, while announcements for Rayan Cherki from Lyon and Tijjani Reijnders from Milan are expected imminently.Rayan Ait Nouri becomes the first signing of the Hugo Viana era at #mcfc with a £31.2 initial fee and a five-year contract.Viana: “We have been following [Rayan] closely for quite some time and we are delighted he has joined us.” pic.twitter.com/d7YC2txH9a— Simon Bajkowski (@spbajko) June 9, 2025 Rayan Ait-Nouri, the 24-year-old Algerian international, arrives from Wolverhampton in a 40 million euros transfer and has signed a five-year contract until 2030. Regarded as one of the most complete full-backs in the Premier League, he is attack-minded yet highly responsible defensively. In the 2024/25 season, he recorded 4 goals and 7 assists, ranked 2nd among defenders in successful dribbles, 4th in chances created, 6th in successful tackles, and 1st in ball recoveries in the final third. He seems like an ideal fit for Guardiola’s system, where full-backs are not just defensive anchors but key figures in attacking play and game rhythm. Ait-Nouri’s arrival also addresses a long-standing issue for City at left-back, a position that has lacked stability since Oleksandr Zinchenko’s departure. Joško Gvardiol has adapted well, but his natural role remains at center-back.New version of Kevin De Bruyne is arriving at the Etihad — Kaka’s record has been brokenThough he played for France’s youth teams (U18, U19, U21), he chose to represent Algeria, debuting in March 2023 during the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Niger. Since then, he has made 17 appearances for the national team. He is the second Algerian in the team, after Riyad Mahrez.“Yeah, I spoke with Riyad – I am with him in the national team. Riyad told me about the city, and he told me to give everything for this club – one of the biggest clubs in the world – and I will try to follow him. The national team give me a lot of things because as you know, the football is a bit different, but I am really proud to play with Algeria also. They push me every time and I receive a lot of messages on social media from Algerian fans and I’m proud to play for this shirt” said Ait-Nouri after signing. After the Egyptian Omar Marmoush, this is currently the second African player in Manchester.##NAJAVA_MECA_8971926##
