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Manchester City right-back Issa Kabore joins Ligue 1 outfit Marseille on loan with £17m option to buy after failing to make a single appearance under Pep Guardiola
- Manchester City right-back Issa Kabore has joined Ligue 1 side Marseille on loan
- Kabore joined the Premier League side in 2020 from Belgian outfit KV Mechelen
- The 21-year-old defender failed to make a single game for Pep Guardiola’s side
- As a result, he has joined Marseille on loan with an option to buy for £17million
- However, the reigning Premier League champions have a buy-back option
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Manchester City right-back Issa Kabore has joined Marseille on loan with an option to buy for £17million.
Having signed for the reigning Premier League champions in 2020 from Belgian outfit KV Mechelen, Kabore failed to play a single game for Pep Guardiola’s side.
Therefore, City have offloaded the 21-year-old to Marseille – making him the French side’s 13th signing of the summer.
Man City right-back Issa Kabore has joined Marseille on loan with an option to buy for £17m
Kabore will join the likes of Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez, ex-Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi and Turkish winger Cengiz Under, who joins from Jose Mourinho’s Roma.
However, Manchester City have inserted a buy-back option into the 21-year-old’s contract with the Ligue 1 side.
He originally signed for the Premier League side in 2020 from Belgian outfit KV Mechelen (Kabore pictured above playing for ESTAC Troyes)
The 21-year-old did not make a single appearance for Manchester City under Pep Guardiola
Meanwhile, City have confirmed the signing of Sergio Gomez from Anderlecht to add to Guardiola’s full-back options.
Gomez joins the Premier League champions in an £11million switch plus add-ons to provide competition for places, having agreed a four-year deal at the Etihad Stadium.
Manchester City have completed the £11million signing of Sergio Gomez from Anderlecht
Manager Guardiola now has three players in contention to play at left-back this season
Throughout the summer the 21-year-old has been a target for City and was initially earmarked as a development player who could be sent out on loan.
However, following the failed pursuit of Brighton’s Marc Cucurella – who departed for Chelsea – as well as Wovles’ Rayan Ait-Nouri and Borussia Dortmund’s Raphael Guerreiro, it is now felt at the club that Gomez could actually make his mark at the Etihad Stadium this term.