Transfer Market: His value decreases, Aït Nouri chooses a new agent!

Oct 8, 2026

Left-back Rayan Aït Nouri has undergone several changes recently, and the details of a transfer are starting to become clear.

At the age of 25, the former SCO Angers player finds himself at a crucial turning point. After having reached the pinnacle of world football by joining Manchester City, his situation has become complex and his path seems less straightforward.

Spotted at 18 by influential agent Jorge Mendes, who manages Cristiano Ronaldo's affairs, he received an offer that was supposed to lead him to a major European club in a few years.

He began by signing with Wolverhampton, a "Gestifute" club, named after the Portuguese agency that "owned" no fewer than eight players there, such as Vitinha, Moutinho, and Neves, as well as coach Nuno Espirito Santo.

Unlike Vitinha or Jota, for whom it was only a stepping stone of a year or two to PSG or Liverpool, Aït Nouri spent five years at Molineux Stadium, until stagnating and even seeing his market value decrease.

Thus, last summer, he decided to change agencies, joining CAA Stellar, one of the largest in the world, and it was thanks to them that he was transferred to Manchester City for 37 million euros.

However, after a disappointing first season with only eleven starts in the Premier League, the Algerian is hardly playing under Italian coach Enzo Maresca, having participated in only two matches out of eight. This has led to a decline in his market value, which has dropped from 40 to 35 million.

That is why Aït Nouri and his entourage have decided to change representatives once again, this time partnering with a specialized structure around Iranian agent Ali Barat and his agency Epic Sports.

Barat is well-established in the Premier League, where he has transferred Nicolas Jackson from Chelsea to Aston Villa, Xavi Simons from Leipzig to Tottenham, as well as Dean Huijsen from Bournemouth to Real Madrid...

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