He becomes the most expensive player to leave Ligue 1: Ayyoub Bouaddi, from Lille to Manchester City for €100 million
By team to agree to sell him to Manchester City for €100 million, Lille will make their Moroccan prodigy Ayyoub Bouaddi (18 years old) the biggest sale in Ligue 1 history to a foreign club. The story of a Sunday that changed his career.
Watching him pace calmly in the hall leading to the pitch at the Raymond-Kopa Stadium, Ayyoub Bouaddi was clearly itching to get back on the pitch that Sunday afternoon. No wonder. Despite having traveled to Anjou with Lille, the Moroccan international midfielder didn’t play in Angers (0-2) . He wasn’t even on the team sheet.
