How a lot Manchester Metropolis are paying for Abdukodir Khusanov as Tottenham and different Premier League sides crushed in race

TBR Soccer can completely affirm that Manchester Metropolis have struck an preliminary £33million deal for Abdukodir Khusanov, successful the race forward of the likes of Tottenham Hotspur.

Khusanov has been watched by Tottenham, Chelsea, Newcastle, Crystal Palace, Brentford, Brighton and West Ham this season, in keeping with TBR Soccer sources.

Two of his principal suitors, Spurs and Newcastle, have been left involved as Man Metropolis joined the race for Khusanov, and people fears have been actually not unfounded.

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Abdukodir Khusanov set to signal four-and-a-half-year deal at Manchester Metropolis

TBR Soccer chief correspondent Graeme Bailey has been instructed that Abdukodir Khusanov is to affix Manchester Metropolis in a deal price an preliminary £33million deal plus add-ons.

The Uzbekistan worldwide is about to signal a four-and-a-half-year deal on the Etihad Stadium with an extra 12 months’s possibility, with a medical scheduled within the subsequent few days.

What Khusanov is about to carry to Manchester Metropolis

Tottenham and plenty of different Premier League suitors have misplaced out to reigning champions Manchester Metropolis in pursuit of the most effective younger defenders within the sport.

Khusanov has nicely and really taken the French prime flight by storm since his transfer from Belarusian membership Energetik-BCU in 2023, and now he’s set to showcase his abilities within the Premier League.

The Ligue 1 web site wrote in January: ‘Virtually by no means caught out by opposing attackers, the calm defender fairly often dominates his opponent bodily, and has added one other asset to his sport: anticipation.

‘Typically nicely positioned, he’s the participant who has made probably the most interceptions because the begin of the season within the championship (17), tied with the Parisian Willian Pacho and Marseille’s Pierre-Emile Hojberg.’

In the meantime, Lens head coach Will Nonetheless is quoted as saying: “He’s calm, highly effective, he’s quick… He doesn’t discuss however he’s good.

“Once I arrived, with the departure of “Kev’” in sight, Jean-Louis Leca instructed me ‘don’t fear, there’s “Kodir” who’s right here, and he’s prepared.’ He wasn’t fallacious. He has very, very spectacular potential.”

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