Manchester City announced the signing of Uzbekistan central defender Abdukodir Khusanov from RC Lens on a four-and-a-half-year deal on Monday. The inclusion of Khusanov would help Pep to strengthen the loophole in the defense caused by injury issues of center-back John Stones, Ruben Dias, and Nathan Ake at the same time.
Manchester City Bolstering their Defense Sigining Very First Uzbek Player for the Premire League
City has paid around $41.56 million (€40 million) for this deal until 2029. The 20-year-old played 13 games for Lens this season and already made an immense impact in the French side's defense making Manchester interested in this talent.
An official statement from the English side denotes, "For such a young defender, Abdukodir is already very intelligent, as well as being strong, aggressive and extremely quick." These abilities would make him the first player from Uzbekistan to play in the Premier League.
Lens made a profit by selling of the talented defender bought just 1 year ago
RC Lens bought the defender from Belarusian side Energetik-BGU Minsk in 2023 who would now play for one of the biggest English teams in the World. Apart from the defensive inclusion, Pep has strengthening the attack side simultaneously with a confirmed deal of Omar Marmoush.
Omar Marmoush is confired City Player from this Tuesday
The Egyptian is bought with a payment of €75 million to the German Club Frankfurt. The player bid farewell to his clubmates in Germany and will fly for medical in England on Tuesday.
Pep is heavily trying to track back in the premier league race as Manchester City is currently 12 points behind the league leader Liverpool and needs to win maximum matches in the rest of the season to defend their title this year.
