{"id":270720,"date":"2026-08-23T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270720\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T14:00:08","slug":"manchester-city-agree-deal-for-world-cup-star-ayyoub-bouaddi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270720\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City agree deal for World Cup star Ayyoub Bouaddi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City will pay a guaranteed \u00a381m for the 18-year-old Morocco international with the rest of the fee made up potential add-ons.<\/p>\n<p>Bouaddi\u2019s arrival will increase manager Enzo Maresca\u2019s midfield options following the recent departures of Rodri and Tijjani Reijnders.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2.85021576.jpg\" alt=\"Morocco\u2019s Ayyoub Bouaddi runs with the ball pursued by Scotland's Lewis Ferguson\" data-title=\"Scotland v Morocco \u2013 FIFA World Cup 2026 \u2013 Group C \u2013 Boston Stadium\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Nick Potts\" data-usage-terms=\"Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"  \/>Ayyoub Bouaddi starred for Morocco at the World Cup (Nick Potts\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>It has been a summer of upheaval at the Etihad Stadium with Bernardo Silva, John Stones and Nathan Ake also leaving along with manager Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n<p>Savinho is poised to join Tottenham while Omar Marmoush and Nico Gonzalez \u2013 who were both on the bench for Sunday\u2019s Premier League opener against Bournemouth \u2013 could also move on.<\/p>\n<p>Bouaddi\u2019s arrival would follow the \u00a3116m signing of Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p>Bouaddi, who impressed during the World Cup, is expected to sign a long-term contract once the formalities of the deal are completed.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the teenager, City have also been linked with moves for Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez and Palmeiras winger Allan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City will pay a guaranteed \u00a381m for the 18-year-old Morocco international with the rest of the fee made&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-270720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}