Manchester City sign teenage Moroccan football star Ayyoub Bouaddi

Sought-after midfielder Bouaddi joins the Premier League club from Lille on a five-year deal worth $117 million.

18-year-old signs five-year deal with Citizens

The Morocco midfielder has signed a five-year deal with City.

The Morocco international joins on a contract to 2031 and will wear the No 32 shirt.

Manchester City’s €100m (£86m) signing of Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi is more than just another example of a super-rich European giant hoovering up a promising talent. It is also the latest sign of French football’s talent drain, a phenomenon fuelled by the Premier League’s ever-growing spending power and the finan

Manchester City have moved to make highly rated Morocco midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi one of the most expensive teenagers of all time.

Now, Bouaddi is on his way to the Premier League, with Manchester City agreeing a deal worth 100m euros (£86m) in principle to sign him from Lille.

Midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi left out of Lille squad amid a reported big-money move to Manchester City  Toronto Star

Manchester City have agreed a deal in principle with Lille to sign midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi - what makes him such a highly rated talent?

Signing will take City’s window spending to nearly £200m Moroccan stood down from Lille’s game against Angers Manchester City have agreed a deal with Lille worth €95m (£81.4m) plus €5m in potential add-ons for Ayyoub Bouaddi, with the Morocco midfielder’s arrival to take the club’s summer spend to nearly £200m after

Manchester City have agreed a fee to sign Moroccan midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi with a deal expected to be completed in days