Manchester City have signed defender Abdukodir Khusanov on a four-and-a-half-year contract with France’s Lens.
The 20-year-old joined for a reported fee of โฌ40m (ยฃ33.8m) plus add-ons and is the first player from Uzbekistan to join a Premier League club.
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He said: โI am absolutely delighted to be joining Manchester City, a club I have enjoyed watching for a long time.
โThis team is full of the best players in the world and I can’t wait to meet them and play with them.
โAnd of course, Pep Guardiola is one of the greatest coaches ever and I’m very excited to learn from him and improve my game even more.
“It is a very proud moment for me and my family to join a great club like Manchester City and I am more than ready for this challenge.”
City’s director of football Txiki Begiristain added: โWe are very happy that he has joined us and we are all very excited about what he will bring.
“For such a young defender, Abdukodir is already very intelligent, but also strong, aggressive and extremely fast.”
