Manchester City have announced the signing of pacy winger Jeremy Doku on a five-year contract.
City agreed a £55million fee with French side Rennes on Monday and the deal is now complete.
The 21-year-old is likely to be available to the Treble winners when the Premier League champions face Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on Sunday.
Doku had been on City’s radar from the middle of last season but interest intensified following Riyad Mahrez‘s unexpected departure to Al-Ahli last month.
‘Manchester City are the best team in world football, so to be joining them is something very special for me and my family,’ Doku said.
‘I am a young player with so much learning and improving to do. Working with Pep (Guardiola) and his staff, and playing alongside these world-class players, will make me a much better player. I feel sure of that.’
Doku scored six goals for Rennes in Ligue 1 last season and is known for intense pressing in the final third. He netted as Rennes beat Metz 5-1 on the opening day of the campaign but was an unused substitute during Sunday’s draw with Lens as a switch to the Etihad Stadium edged closer.
City pressed the button on the deal a day later and are still searching for a central midfielder after their quest to sign Lucas Paqueta stalled with betting allegations against the West Ham man last week.
Doku’s arrival will take City’s spending beyond £150m for the summer, with Josko Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic already impressing during their first appearances. They will have recouped around half of that finance in sales, with Aymeric Laporte set for Al Nassr for £23.5m.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
