{"id":622907,"date":"2025-08-21T00:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T23:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=622907"},"modified":"2025-08-21T00:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T23:17:07","slug":"manchester-city-agree-deal-for-manuel-akanji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/manchester-city-agree-deal-for-manuel-akanji\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City Agree Shocking Deal for Manuel Akanji to Move to This Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have reached a shock agreement with Turkish champions Galatasaray for the sale of Manuel Akanji in a deal worth &pound;15 million. According to reports from Fabrizio Romano and L&rsquo;Equipe, only final details are remaining to close the deal.&nbsp;<\/p><p>The move comes as Pep Guardiola looks to trim his squad before the transfer window closes. Man City have been actively reducing the size of their squad. Recent departures include Jack Grealish to Everton on loan, Claudio Echeverri heading to Bayer Leverkusen, and James McAtee completing a &pound;30 million move to Nottingham Forest.&nbsp;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;&#128993;&#128308; Galatasaray are closing in on agreement with Manchester City for Manuel Akanji&rsquo;s permanent move.<br><br>&pound;15m fee has been agreed, pending final details.<br><br>Galatasaray will submit their proposal to the player in the upcoming hours to try get the deal done this week. &#9203; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rOiDUmitnH\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/rOiDUmitnH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1958161799557062851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>August 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Akanji now looks set to become the latest exit in this strategy. The Swiss international joined Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund in 2022. He has been a reliable figure in Guardiola&rsquo;s defence, capable of playing across the backline and even as a defensive midfielder when required.&nbsp;<\/p><p>He has made 136 appearances for the club and was also a regular starter for them last season when fit. However, it seems like Pep is preferring a smaller, refreshed squad. Thus, City have sanctioned his sale despite Akanji being under contract until 2027.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/arsenal-hijack-tottenham-hotspur-move-eberechi-eze-nears-transfer-completion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Arsenal Hijack Tottenham Hotspur Move as Eberechi Eze Nears Transfer Completion<\/a><\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Manuel Akanji to Galatasaray Move Details<\/h2><p>According to Romano, while the clubs have agreed on a &pound;15 million transfer fee, personal terms between Galatasaray and Akanji are yet to be finalized. Romano spoke about the potential transfer. He wrote on X:<\/p><p><strong><em>&ldquo;Galatasaray are closing in on agreement with Manchester City for Manuel Akanji&rsquo;s permanent move. &pound;15m fee has been agreed, pending final details. Galatasaray will submit their proposal to the player in the upcoming hours to try get the deal done this week.&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/jose-carmona-wanted-by-nottingham-forest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Nottingham Forest in talks to sign Sevilla defender Jose Angel Carmona<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>He further added that the player has not yet decided on his future destination: <strong><em>&ldquo;After club to club agreement, Galatasaray will make their offer to Manuel Akanji in 24 hours. No proposal on the table to the player yet and currently no indications from Akanji on intention to accept destination.&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>Meanwhile, L&rsquo;Equipe reported that Galatasaray&rsquo;s management has already sent a contract proposal.&nbsp; expects Akanji&rsquo;s agent to travel to Istanbul for further discussions. If terms are agreed, Akanji will become one of the marquee signings in Turkey this summer. In addition to Akanji, Galatasaray are also negotiating with City for goalkeeper Ederson. The Turkish champions have bid &euro;10m, but City are holding out for &euro;25m.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have reached a shock agreement with Turkish champions Galatasaray for the sale of Manuel Akanji in a deal worth &pound;15 million. According to reports from Fabrizio Romano and L&rsquo;Equipe, only final details are remaining to close the deal.&nbsp; The move comes as Pep Guardiola looks to trim his squad before the transfer window [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":622910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4038],"tags":[7697,4047,9287],"class_list":["post-622907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","tag-galatasaray","tag-manchester-city","tag-manuel-akanji"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Manchester City Agree Shocking Deal for Manuel Akanji to Move to This Club - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Manchester City agree shocking deal to sell Manuel Akanji to this club, with personal terms yet to be finalized but close to be done.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/manchester-city-agree-deal-for-manuel-akanji\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manchester City Agree Shocking Deal for Manuel Akanji to Move to This Club - 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