Manchester City officially announced their first signing this summer! £30 million signed the 29-year-old Chelsea midfielder to replace Gundogan with the number 8

In the early morning of June 28, Beijing time, Premier League giants Manchester City Club officially announced that the signing of 29-year-old midfielder Kovacic from Chelsea will be signed for 4 years until June 2027, and Kovacic will wear the No. 8 shirt left by Gundogan in the new season.

According to Romano, Manchester City will pay Chelsea a fixed transfer fee of £25m, plus a floating fee of £5m. The float is triggered by Manchester City's victory. The Croatia international will also be a replacement for Gundogan, after Germany has moved freely to La Liga giants Barcelona.

Born in 1994, Kovacic is a midfielder who debuted in the youth academy of Dinamo Zagreb and has played for many European giants such as Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Chelsea. Kovacic joined Chelsea from Real Madrid on loan in the summer of 2018 and was officially bought out by the Blues one summer for a €45 million transfer fee. During his five years with Chelsea, Mateo Kovacic made 221 appearances, scoring six goals and 15 assists. Kovacic was also a regular for the Blues last season, contributing two goals and two assists in 37 appearances.

Mateo Kovacic has won the Champions League four times in his career, in addition to one La Liga title, three Club World Cups, three UEFA Super Cups, one Europa League and one Spanish Super Cup in his honor book.

As the main international of Croatia, he has won the runner-up of the 2018 World Cup, the third place of the 2022 World Cup and the runner-up of the 2023 UEFA Nations League. Currently on the German "Transfer Market", Kovic is worth 38 million euros.