Continuous shopping visit
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This article was published for the first time on June 6, 2025 and was updated after confirmation of the Aït Nouri transfer.
During the 2024/25 season, Manchester City removed 243 million euros for six new players – this summer, the shopping tour continues. On Monday, the English confirmed the commitment of the offensive rear offensive Rayan Aït-Nouri (24 years old) of the Wolverhampton Wanderers. According to « the team », he should have been awarded the contract for a transfer of the attacker of the Rayan Cherki wing (21) by Olympique Lyon.
For Aït-Nouri, which was only bound by the Wolves in 2026, the city must probably pay the market value despite the short-term contract period. The clubs would have agreed to transfer fees below 40 million euros. The Wolves had brought Aït -Nouri d’Angers SCO for 11.1 million euros 2020. In 157 games, he contributed 31 goals – including twelve this season. With citizens, Algeier, born in France, now goes to the Club World Cup in the United States. His contract applies until 2030.
The amount of the improved offer of the man in the cities for Cherki in Lyon, after rejecting an offer of 22.5 million euros, is expected to extend to a basic turnover of 35 million euros plus 5 million payments of possible premiums. In winter, BVB had bitten his teeth in a commitment from the wing attacker, who was not linked to Lyon until 2026. The Dortmund was accused of disrespectful communication. Even then, it was a first requirement of 22.5 million euros for the new international in France.
Cherki and OL would have agreed with this informal price panel as part of the extension of the contract in September 2024. However, this was only orally kept because the conventional exit clauses are prohibited in Ligue 1. According to « the team », this agreement also included a payment of 3 million euros that Lyon was to make to Cherki if the association rejects an offer of EUR 22.5 million. The BVB unit was rejected, but the player would have received no 3 million euros. The own factory could not be distracted from these background noise, shone with twelve goals and 20 models and recently increased its market value to 45 million euros.