Nathan Aké has left Manchester City for Fenerbahçe on July 4, with the Turkish club paying an initial £7m and the fee rising to £8.5m with add-ons. He has signed a three-year contract after six years at City. It is the cleanest completed deal in Goal's summer transfer roundup, and the one that carries the most detail.
Aké's move and the money involved
The deal is straightforward enough on paper. Goal reported that Aké brought the curtain down on his six-year spell at City, and that Fenerbahçe were paying the initial £7m for the ex-Bournemouth centre-back. The add-ons take the package to £8.5m, which is decent business for a club bringing in a seasoned Premier League defender on a three-year contract.
Fenerbahçe's recent European form helps explain the appeal of adding experience at the back. They have won two, drawn one and lost two of their last five European matches, a run that looks competitive without being fully settled.
Other confirmed deals in the roundup
The same roundup also listed Jaidon Anthony joining Brentford from Burnley for an initial £15m and Hayden Hackney moving to Everton from Middlesbrough for £16m. It also mentioned Denzel Dumfries, while Sandro Tonali was said to have moved from Newcastle to Tottenham for £100m.
That wider spread of fees is the point of the roundup. Aké is the most fully detailed switch in the copy, but the scale of the other moves shows how quickly the window is filling with concrete business rather than speculation.
Written by Jack Mercer with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 1 outlet. How we work →