Man City transfer news: First summer signing confirmed, but it is not Elliot Anderson

French nine Troyes person announced that attacker Mathys Detourbet volition motion for Manchester City this summer.

The 19-year-old has been described arsenic “one of the astir promising talents to look from the ESTAC Academy”, which helium joined astatine the property of 8 earlier going connected to marque his nonrecreational debut successful January 2025.

Detourbet played 51 times successful full for Troyes crossed each competitions, including 38 appearances during the 2025-26 season, scoring 5 goals and providing 7 assists.

The versatile attacker, chiefly a left-winger, has been connected Man City’s radar for immoderate time, portion different European clubs including Roma and Monaco person besides been credited with an interest.

However, Man City person taken vantage of their transportation with chap City Football Group broadside Troyes to hold a woody for Detourbet this summer.

Troyes corroborate Detourbet transportation to Man City this summer

In a connection confirming Detourbet’s transportation to Man City, Troyes said: “Over the years, helium has demonstrated his method skills, crippled intelligence, and commitment, allowing him to gradually found himself astatine the highest level. His vocation illustrates the prime of enactment offered by ESTAC, some connected and disconnected the field.

“Having travel done the club's younker strategy and profoundly attached to its colors, Mathys perfectly embodies the younker improvement enactment carried retired by ESTAC for galore years.

“His progression from the academy to the archetypal squad is simply a root of large pridefulness for the full nine and an illustration for the young players who are present continuing their travel wrong the grooming centre.

“ESTAC is peculiarly arrogant to person supported Mathys successful his improvement arsenic a subordinate and arsenic a man, from his archetypal steps astatine the nine to this large caller signifier successful his career.

“The full nine warmly acknowledgment Mathys for his commitment, professionalism and dedication to the Troyes colours passim his career.

“ESTAC wishes him each occurrence and overmuch occurrence for the remainder of his career.”

Anderson, Malonga could soon articulation Detourbet astatine Man City

It remains to beryllium seen whether Detourbet volition beryllium integrated into Man City’s first-team plans for adjacent play oregon whether the nine intends to indebtedness him retired successful bid to summation regular football.

However, Detourbet volition presumably nexus up with soon-to-be-appointed manager Enzo Maresca and his elder squad for pre-season earlier a determination implicit his aboriginal is made.

Man City are besides acceptable to measure respective different highly-rated prospects, including Claudio Echeverri, Sverre Nypan, Vitor Reis and Juma Bah, during pre-season earlier determining their contiguous futures.

Their determination for Detourbet travel astatine a clip erstwhile they are closing successful connected the club-record signing of midfielder Elliot Anderson, aft a reported £116m interest was agreed with Nottingham Forest earlier this week.

The Citizens are besides understood to have agreed a woody with Paris Saint-Germain to motion teenage centre-back Hermann Malonga connected a five-year deal.