Manchester City have made a major overhaul of their squad, starting with their defensive unit, having signed centre-back Abdukodir Khusanov from Lens for almost £42m and are set to sign left-back Christian McFarland from New York City FC.

Ufabet Sport reports that City are making a parallel move for a new centre-back, with one option being to make a £33.5m offer for 18-year-old Vitor Rais from Brazil’s Serie A side Palmeiras.
On the other hand, they aggressively pressed on with the 20-year-old Uzbekistani national team player, and eventually closed the deal with the Asian player for 41.8 million pounds (around 50 million euros).
During Friday’s (local) training หากคุณสนใจเล่นพนันออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด สามารถสมัครสมาชิก UFABET ได้ที่นี่ พร้อมรับโปรโมชั่นพิเศษสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ session. Khusanov reported to the training center but did not practice with the team.
In addition, Manchester City will use the power of City Football Group to drag McFarland, who turns 18 on January 25, into the youth team to refine him to fit in with the first-team style of play.
The left-back was born in England but move to the United States at the age of three and was only push into the first-team at New York City FC in early 2024, making 16 appearances.
Lens only paid 100,000 euros (£84,000) for Khusanov from Belarusian club Energetik-BGU 18 months ago.
However, he has developed rapidly and made 13 appearances in Ligue 1 so far this season and has 18 caps for Uzbekistan.
Khusanov scored his first goal for the club on his most recent appearance, a French Cup tie with Paris St-Germain on 22 December.
City have also been hand welcome news with the return to training of Oscar Bobb after the 21-year-old Norwegian’s five-month absence with a fractured leg.