Access from Stade Rennais
The change of the Belgian offensive talent Jérémy Doku (21) to Manchester City is as good as perfect. As several media reports unanimously, the Stade Rennais winger travels to England on Tuesday to complete the medical check and then sign a five-year contract.
The rumored fee that City transfers to Brittany for the documentary is between 60 million and 65 million euros. In the latter case, the Belgian national player would be in the top 10 of the record arrivals of the treble winner: João Cancelo 2019/20 and Aymeric Laporte 2017/18 also cost 65 million euros – the ex-BVB striker Erling Haaland 2022/23, who switched for 60 million euros thanks to a clause, would push Doku down to 11th place. transfer expert Fabrizio Romano wrotethat the club from Rennes Manchester was accommodating with the payment model: The transfer will “include very favorable payment terms for City. Installment payments make the deal viable.”
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So far, Man City has paid 119.1 million euros for defender Josko Gvardiol (21) and midfielder Mateo Kovacic (29), the departure of Riyad Mahrez (32) and Co. flushed 40 million into the coffers of the Skyblues. Stade Rennais, on the other hand, has never received anywhere near as much for a player as for Doku: record sales are Nayef Aguerd (2022/23 to West Ham) and still Ousmane Dembélé (2016/17 to BVB), where the resale participation when moving to FC Barcelona is included in the 35 million euros.
Despite ongoing negotiations with Man City since the beginning of the month, Doku has played in both of the Bretons’ Ligue 1 games this season: he scored what was probably his last goal in the 5-1 win against FC Metz at the start of the season.
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Doku moved from RSC Anderlecht to Rennes in 2020 for 26 million euros, where he is under contract until 2025 and was directly involved in 22 goals in 92 games. West Ham are said to have been interested in a move as well. City is still negotiating with the Hammers about midfielder Lucas Paquetá (25). The “Hammers” rejected an initial offer of a good 80 million euros – since then Kevin De Bruyne (32) has suffered a partial muscle tear, which will probably put him out of action for almost four months.
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