Man City rebuild begins with £33m deal and Harry Kane's scoring rival will follow with £50m transfer
Manchester City have reached an agreement to sign Abdukodir Khusanov from Lens, talkSPORT understands.
He current Premier League champions have agreed a deal worth £33m plus add-ons for the 20-year-old centre-back.
Khusanov will now undergo a medical before signing a four-and-a-half-year contract with the option of a further year in what will undoubtedly be the biggest deal of the January window so far.
The Uzbekistan international was previously a Tottenham target but will now join their Premier League rivals this month.
He will become City's first signing of the January transfer window and will be a welcome boost given their injuries in defence.
John Stones is currently recovering from a foot injury, while Ruben Dias is dealing with a muscle problem.
Khusanov was a youth player for Uzbek club FC Bunyodkor before moving to FC Energetik-BGU Minsk in Belarus.
He scored four goals in 37 appearances as the club earned a move to France with Lens.
The defender became the first Uzbek player to play in the French top flight when he debuted in September 2023.
At international level, he has made 18 appearances for his country and participated in the AFC Asian Cup last year.
City could make another addition in January to help revive what has been a disappointing season as defending champions.
Eintracht Frankfurt star Omar Marmoush is of interest to the club but talkSPORT understands they will need to pay £50 million for him.
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Marmoush has scored 13 goals in the Bundesliga this season, one less than the top scorer. Harry Kane from Bayern Munich.
Pep Guardiola chose not to comment on his possible arrival when speaking to the media ahead of the FA Cup clash against Salford City. live on talkSPORT.
“I was clear in my response, I'm not going to talk,” he insisted. “He's a player from another club, I'm not going to give an answer.”
“You can say in every press conference that we talk about the transfer window until the end, I'm not going to answer a single question!
“The same thing happened in the past. I was clear. You can try it whenever you want, there is no problem, but you know my answer. It's easy. No comments.”
A £50m arrival for Marmoush would become the biggest deal of the January window so far, as clubs strengthen for the final months of the season.
