Man City agree fee for Stade Rennais winger Jeremy Doku

Manchester City have agreed a fee with Stade Rennais for the transfer of Jeremy Doku.

City will pay 65million euros, around £55.5m, for the 21-year-old winger whose contract with the Ligue 1 club runs until 2025. Agreeing personal terms with Doku is not expected to be an issue.

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. However, Aymeric Laporte's imminent £23.5m move to Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr means over £100m has been raised from player sales.

The biggest sale of the window so far has been Riyad Mahrez's exit from the club. The experienced forward also opted to move to Saudi Arabia and joined Al-Ahli for £30m. City have moved for Doku after finalising their plans on how to best replace Mahrez.

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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. The Belgian has started the new season well having already grabbed his first goal.

Pep Guardiola spoke about the need for City to make 'important decisions' in the transfer market following Saturday's win over Newcastle. The Blues boss named a youthful bench for the match which