Manchester City on verge of signing Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi for reported €100m

[p]The Athletic ‌reported [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]City[/a] will pay an initial fee of 95 ‌million plus up to five ⁠million ‌in add-ons for the Morocco international.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bouaddi-ayyoub/dpoNasPg/"]Bouaddi[/a] ​would become one of City's most expensive ​signings, following the arrival of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/anderson-elliott/KdYCbsbE/"]Elliot Anderson[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Nottingham ⁠Forest[/a] in ​a reported 116 million pounds ($158.18 million) deal earlier this summer.[/p][embed guid="14a233f7-b4be-49b4-af94-c25714261159" url="https://x.com/David_Ornstein/status/2091495453627941183" social-type="twitter" /][p]Primarily a defensive midfielder, Bouaddi ‌made 30 Ligue 1 appearances as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lille/pfDZL71o/"]Lille[/a] finished third and secured qualification for the Champions League.[/p][p]Bouaddi also made his senior debut for Morocco in May and was later included in the ‌country's 26-man World Cup squad. ​He made his tournament ‌debut against Brazil and started five of Morocco's six matches as they reached the quarter-finals.[/p]