Manchester City sign £33m Lens defender Khusanov

Manchester City have signed defender Abdukodir Khusanov on a four-and-a-half-year deal from French side Lens.

The 20-year-old has joined for a reported fee of 40 million euros (£33.8m) plus add-ons and is the first player from Uzbekistan to join a Premier League club.

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He said: “I’m absolutely delighted to be joining Manchester City, a club that I have enjoyed watching for a long time.

“This squad is full of the best players in the world, and I can’t wait to meet them and play alongside them.

“And of course Pep Guardiola is one of the greatest coaches ever and I am so excited to learn from him and improve my game even more.

“This is a very proud moment for me and my family to be joining a great club like Manchester City and I’m more than ready for this challenge.”

City’s director of football Txiki Begiristain added: “We 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, as well as being strong, aggressive and extremely quick.”