Manchester City agree deal worth up to €100m for Lille’s Ayyoub Bouaddi

• 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 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/23/elliot-anderson-manchester-city-116m-nottingham-forest-transfer-premier-league">Elliot Anderson’s £116m signing earlier in the window.

The 18-year-old was stood down from Lille’s Ligue 1 match against Angers on Sunday before a medical with City and his transfer becoming official in the next few days.