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Manchester City have signed Switzerland defender Manuel Obafemi Akanji on a five-year deal. Akanji was born to a Swiss mother and a Nigerian father.<\/p>\n
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The 27-year-old joins from Borussia Dortmund, where he has made 158 appearances since January 2018.<\/p>\n
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Akanji has 41 caps for Switzerland and played a key role in their qualification for the World Cup.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am delighted to be here and can\u2019t wait to get started. City have been one of the best teams in Europe over the last few seasons,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThey are brilliant to watch, play an exciting brand of football and compete for trophies year in, year out, so coming here feels like the perfect next step in my career.<\/p>\n
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\u201cPep Guardiola is an exceptional manager and this is an exceptional squad of players, so this is an exciting opportunity for me.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am really looking forward to testing myself in the Premier League and I will do everything I can to help this club be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Akanji, who began his career with FC Basel, links up with former Dortmund team-mate Erling Haaland following his move to City earlier this summer.<\/p>\n
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He is the fifth signing Guardiola has made during this transfer window as City look to win a third successive Premier League title and a first Champions League trophy.<\/p>\n
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City\u2019s director of football Txiki Begiristain said: \u201cManuel has plenty of experience playing at the top level of European football and we are confident he will be a valuable addition to our squad.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe have been impressed with his performances during his time at Dortmund, where he has developed into a very good defender and one who is ready to perform in both the Premier League and Champions League.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe has everything we want in a centre-back. He is strong, quick, comfortable in possession, has an excellent passing range and he will complement the other defenders in this team and our style of play.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Source: www. Sports village square<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nigerian-born Swiss player, Manuel Akanji transfers from Borussia Dortmund to Man City. Manchester City have signed Switzerland defender Manuel Obafemi Akanji on a five-year deal. Akanji was born to a Swiss mother and a Nigerian father. The 27-year-old joins from Borussia Dortmund, where he has made 158 appearances since January 2018. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n