Overview
- On Monday multiple outlets reported that Ayyoub Bouaddi reached a full verbal agreement with Manchester City on salary and contract length, removing the player’s side as an obstacle to a move.
- Club-to-club talks remain unresolved because Lille has publicly rejected offers it deems insufficient and signalled a valuation at or above €100 million.
- Lille president Olivier Létang has said Bouaddi is not in a hurry to leave and stressed the club will only sell if it can replace the player in the squad.
- Bouaddi is under contract with Lille until June 2029 and has more than 90 senior appearances, factors that strengthen Lille’s negotiating position and reduce pressure to accept a low fee.
- If City bridge the price gap the transfer could reshape their midfield planning and affect Rodri’s future, while a deal at the reported level would raise the market benchmark for elite teenagers.