Manchester City's Nathan Ake
Manchester City’s Nathan Ake
Manchester City star Nathan Aké is unsure whether he will be at the Premier League side after this season.
The Netherlands international arrived at the Etihad from AFC Bournemouth in 2020 and has played 172 matches for Manchester City.
Since joining Pep Guardiola’s side, he’s regularly struggled with hamstring injuries. That was the case especially until last season.
Aké isn’t facing any injury problem this season but hasn’t enjoyed regular minutes. He’s played 1,345 minutes from 27 matches and that includes four starts in the league and six more in the EFL Cup.
The centre-back’s Premier League stats per game for this season are given below.
|Premier League 2025/26|||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Appearances|17||||
|Started|1||||
|Minutes per game|20||||
|Total minutes played|333||||
|Goals|2||||
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Despite the restricted role with Manchester City, the 31-year-old made it Ronald Koeman’s squad for all international breaks this season. He is now with the Dutch squad, and that gave Algemeen Dagblad an opportunity to chat with him.
Aké unsure of Manchester City future
The former Cherries man joins the Netherlands squad after winning the EFL Cup with the Citizens. He played the full 90 minutes as they beat Arsenal 2-0 in the final at Wembley on Sunday
After the match, he embraced Guardiola, and Nathan Aké has now revealed what the Manchester City manager told him.
“He said he was super proud of me. He said he was super proud of me. And that I played a top match. We have been through so much together in the last six years,” he said.
Earlier this month, Sport Witness covered claims from Spain that Barcelona are lining up a move for the Dutchman in the next window.
His contract expires in 2027, and AD insist ‘everything points to’ him leaving the English club in the summer.
When asked about his future beyond this season, Aké explained: “I have no idea, but winning the Carabao would certainly be a nice ending.”
On Manchester City’s season so far, he added: “Due to the arrival of many new players, things went more ‘up and down’ this season. We had to get to know each other, feel comfortable in a different playing style, and get used to a new coach [Pepijn Lijnder]. Things are starting to click now, although we need to become more consistent.”
Netherland fixtures and squad for March international break
Oranje face two friendlies in the ongoing international break.
v Norway on March 27th
v Ecuador on March 31st
Ronald Koeman’s full squad
Goalkeepers: Justin Bijlow (Genoa), Mark Flekken (Bayer Leverkusen), Bart Verbruggen (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Defenders: Nathan Ake (Manchester City), Stefan de Vrij, Denzel Dumfries (both Inter Milan), Jorrel Hato (Chelsea), Lutsharel Geertruida (Sunderland), Micky van de Ven (Tottenham Hotspur), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Midfielders: Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool), Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus), Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City), Jerdy Schouten (PSV Eindhoven), Xavi Simons (Tottenham Hotspur), Kees Smit (AZ Alkmaar), Quinten Timber (Olympique de Marseille), Luciano Valente (Feyenoord)
Forwards: Brian Brobbey (Sunderland), Memphis Depay (Corinthians), Jeremie Frimpong, Cody Gakpo (both Liverpool), Noa Lang (Galatasaray), Donyell Malen (AS Roma), Wout Weghorst (Ajax Amsterdam).
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— Sport Witness (@Sport_Witness) March 17, 2026