Manchester United and Ruben Amorim have been dealt a crushing transfer blow with full-back target Rayan Ait-Nouri set for a Manchester City medical
14:43, 05 Jun 2025
Rayan Ait-Nouri
Rayan Ait-Nouri is on his way to Man City(Image: Getty Images)
Manchester United have suffered a crushing transfer blow with their £50million target set for a medical at bitter rivals Manchester City.
Ruben Amorim's side had been linked with a move for Rayan Ait-Nouri, but he's now set for a move their bitter rivals. Ait-Nouri is currently on international duty with Algeria and he's been given permission to leave for his medical. According to Algerian journalist Athmane Taibi, Ait-Nouri will leave the camp today (Thursday, June 5) for his medical tomorrow (Friday, June 6). It also means he will miss Algeria's friendly with Rwanda.
And a report from The Telegraph claims City will pay Wolves a £35m fee with the deal likely to include add-ons. City are making early moved this summer ahead of their Club World Cup campaign. And Ait-Nouri might be their second signing after securing a deal for AC Milan's Dutch midfielder Tijjani Reijnders.
Pep Guardiola is also looking to try and secure a deal for Lyon attacking midfielder Rayan Cherki to help City's quest to try and become World Champions.
Ruben Amorim.
Ruben Amorim has been dealt another transfer blow(Image: Alex Pantling - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images)
City had also been linked with Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White, but a deal for him is looking less likely. Guardiola has also shaken up his backroom staff as he looks to turn the tables on a poor season.
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Speaking to ESPN after hiring ex-Liverpool assistant Pep Lijnders, he said: "I'm going to lose people that I adore and they mean something, of course.
"But it happened in the past with many people. In 15 years, a lot left, everyone cheated on me! But the new ones, younger people and new players, they always bring this energy and this energy revitalises a lot.
Rayan Ait-Nouri
Rayan Ait-Nouri is wanted by Pep Guardiola(Image: Wolves via Getty Images)
"I need energy for myself and the people give me energy. You see the eyes, new faces, 'I want to do it,' 'I want to be there,' new little details in the training sessions. It's new energy.
"Because energy for itself, the energy is one Premier League more, one Champions League more or one Community Shield more? It's not. It's not going to change my life one Premier League more or less in my period in Man City, it's not going to change anything.
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"But the [new] people, they give you that [energy] day by day the people. That is the reason why changing players and staff is really good."