Man United 'discover' Man City's Rayan Ait-Nouri transfer stance following summer exit rumours

Manchester City are reportedly expected to support Rayan Ait-Nouri beyond the January transportation window. 

The Citizens recruited the left-back from Wolverhampton Wanderers successful the summertime of 2025 successful a woody worthy a reported £37m.

Ait-Nouri failed to found himself arsenic a regular fixture astatine Man City successful his archetypal play astatine the Etihad Stadium, starting conscionable 12 of the club's 38 Premier League games owed to injury, planetary work and method decisions.

A alteration of manager has failed to person a affirmative effect connected Ait-Nouri's playing time, having played conscionable 15 minutes successful Enzo Maresca's archetypal 5 matches successful charge. 

Man City acceptable retired Ait-Nouri transportation stance

With Nico O'Reilly and Josko Gvardiol up of him successful the pecking order, the Algeria planetary was linked with a imaginable determination distant successful the second stages of the summertime window.

Manchester United enquired astir a imaginable deadline-day swoop for Ait-Nouri, though determination was nary existent content that a determination would beryllium completed successful the summertime market. 

However, determination is inactive uncertainty surrounding Ait-Nouri's Man City aboriginal owed to his deficiency of playing clip successful the aboriginal stages of Maresca's tenure.

But according to Football Insider, Man City person nary plans to offload the full-back erstwhile the transportation model reopens successful January. 

Maresca inactive believes helium has a 'part to play' this season, adjacent if helium cannot warrant him a regular starting spot. 

That said, helium volition get chances to impressment arsenic the Citizens purpose to vie for silverware crossed each 4 competitions. 

Man United look left-back conundrum

Man United viewed Lewis Hall arsenic their fig 1 left-back people during the summertime window, but helium has since signed a caller woody with Newcastle United. 

With Hall and Ait-Nouri acceptable to enactment astatine their respective clubs, Michael Carrick's broadside could crook their absorption to Bournemouth left-back Adrien Truffert, who has impressed since replacing Milos Kerkez past summer. 

However, Man United inactive request to determine whether to motion contention for Luke Shaw successful January oregon hold their hunt until adjacent summer.