Man City sign Lens defender Khusanov until 2029

Manchester City person signed Lens centre-back Abdukodir Khusanov connected a four-and-a-half-year declaration until 2029.

Club sources accidental the interest for the 20-year-old is 40m euros (£33.6m) positive add-ons.

French broadside Lens lone paid 100,000 euros (£84,000) for Khusanov from Belarusian nine Energetik-BGU 18 months ago.

However, helium has developed rapidly and made 16 appearances for the Ligue 1 broadside this season, scoring his archetypal extremity for the nine successful a French Cup necktie with Paris St-Germain successful December.

Khusanov has 18 caps for Uzbekistan and volition go the archetypal subordinate from the state to play successful the Premier League.

"This squad is afloat of the champion players successful the world, and I can't hold to conscionable them and play alongside them," said Khusanov.

"And of people Pep Guardiola is 1 of the top coaches ever and I americium truthful excited to larn from him and amended my crippled adjacent more."

Txiki Begiristain, City's manager of football, said Khusanov is already "very intelligent, arsenic good arsenic being strong, assertive and highly quick".

Guardiola is strengthening his squad this period aft a hard tally of results which has near his broadside 4th successful the array - 12 points down league leaders Liverpool.

City looked astatine their ruthless champion astatine the play erstwhile they beat Ipswich Town 6-0 at Portman Road - their biggest Premier League triumph of the season.

On Tuesday, they question to the French superior to look PSG successful the Champions League - needing a triumph to boost their chances of reaching the knockout stages.