‘Finally a pacey winger’ – Man City fans react as club closes in on €60m Riyad Mahrez’s replacement

Manchester City looks to have found a replacement for Riyad Mahrez with only a few days left in Europe’s summer transfer window.

City has been searching for an extra attacker to add to the squad after selling Mahrez to Saudi Arabian team Al-Ahli last month.

City did have Crystal Palace winger Michael Olise on their radar but the Frenchman opted to sign a new contract at Selhurst Park after Chelsea made a concrete bid.

The Blues were also interested in West Ham playmaker Lucas Paqueta but that has seemingly cooled after it emerged that the Brazilian is under investigation for betting rules breaches by the FA.

City have instead settled on highly-rated prospect Doku, who fought back from an injury-hit year to play 35 times last season – scoring seven goals and creating four more.

According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Manchester City are on the verge of signing Rennes winger Jeremy Doku.

The Citizens have verbally agreed to a deal worth €60 million package deal with the Ligue 1 outfit and are looking to strike an agreement this week despite competition from Premier League rivals.

Jeremy Doku to Manchester City, here we go! Verbal agreement in place after new bid revealed here this morning — worth €60m package 🚨🔵 #MCFC

Medical tests being scheduled later this week, personal terms agreed on long term deal.

Exclusive story revealed August 1, confirmed. pic.twitter.com/fv1r6u2uO4

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 21, 2023

Doku will become the third major signing of the summer for the Blues following the arrivals of Croatian pair Mateo Kovacic and Josko Gvardiol and takes the club’s spending to £160m in the window.

The report shared on Twitter gathered a number of replies from a wide range of Man City supporters.

@kojo: “Finally a pacey winger”

@konesbrian: “We finally have a pacey winger at the club..Something we have not had in like 3 years”

@olivercookson: “Excited for this. We certainly needed a mahrez replacement and someone pacy and with skill is something we have “missed” since sane left.”

@mcfc_felix: “That’s a massive fee. But glad it’s done”

@TUM3LO_: “A profile type we’ve missed for years. Fair price aswell.”

@Trilo_10: “Really excited for this. We’ve missed players who drag defenders to the byline and cross. An additional outlet for Erling who’ll be relishing this. Let’s go….”