Abduqodir Husanov Joins Manchester City Squad
The voice of young Uzbek talents is being heard louder and louder every day on European football pitches. Zamin.uz reports this.
Currently, the rise of Abduqodir Husanov in Manchester City, a team competing for the English Premier League, the UEFA Champions League, and domestic cups, has opened a new chapter not only for our country but for world football as well. We provide detailed information about this historic event and the changes it has brought.
January 20, 2025, was written in golden letters in the history of Uzbek football. On that very day, Abduqodir Husanov joined Manchester City, one of the strongest teams in the world, from the French club Lens.
Within a year that has passed since then, our compatriot has earned the trust of the famous coach Pep Guardiola, become very popular among fans, and turned into their favorite. This success also serves as a real golden key for the Lens club in France.
The club has now perfectly mastered the strategy of buying young talented players at relatively low prices, turning them into world-class stars, and subsequently selling them for huge profits. When the numbers speak, this situation becomes even clearer.
The footballer was purchased from a Belarusian club in 2023 for only four hundred and fifty thousand euros. Two years later, Manchester City bought him for forty million euros.
This means that within a year and a half, the player's market value has increased almost ninety-fold. Inspired by Husanov's success, the Lens management is already preparing for the next major deal.
Samson Baydu, bought from Salzburg last summer for eight million euros, is currently one of the club's most valuable assets. He is now twenty-one years old, and experts estimate his value at thirty-five million euros.
Playing as a defender, he has scored two goals and provided two assists in thirty matches. Although the player suffered an injury in recent weeks, his market value has not decreased.
Many experts predict that he will soon move to stronger championships, just like Husanov. These successes in the transfer market are also having a positive impact on results on the field.
Currently, Lens is in second place in the French championship and trails the leader Paris Saint-Germain by only one point. Although there are seven rounds left until the end of the championship, the team's chances for the title are rated very high.
There is hope that Abduqodir Husanov's success at City may open the doors of Europe's strongest clubs for other Uzbek footballers in the future. Source: Zamin.uz
