Manchester City announced 21 million pound transfer third summer departure confirmed Manchester City may have a lot of work to do before Friday's transfer deadline xou gelo has completed a 21 million pound transfer from Manchester City marking the club's third major departure this summer a25 million EUR transfer fee was agreed between City and Saudi Arabia and club alol on Monday for the Portuguese Internationals permanent move after which conel set personal terms canelo's departure brings to an end a tumultuous 20- month at City the full has not made an official appearance for City since January 2023 when he was involved in a high-profile spat with Pep Guardiola he then spent aone spell at Bayern Munich before a short spell at Barcelona last season however guardis said earlier this month that conel could stay at City this season we'll see maybe he stays maybe he goes out on loan we don't know yet the Catalan said on August 16th he's training with us and he behaves very well in the training sessions he loves to play football let's see sure it could happen the Tuesday's announcement finally put an end to the long transfer Saga with City confirming the players's permanent departure everyone at City wishes him every success in the future conel said on the club's website I've had so many special moments during my time at this great club and I'd like to thank my teammates coaches all the city staff and the fans during my time here the 30-year-old made 154 appearances for City including a career with some of Europe's biggest clubs including Barcelona Bayern Juventus Inter Milan Valencia and benf but gelo's next goal is a move to the Middle East where he'll join the likes of Neymar kadu Ki Alexander mitrovich Serge milinkovic savich and international teammate Ruben AES he becomes City's third player to leave the club permanently this transfer window following Sergio Gomez and Julian Alvarez with Cavin Phillips and Maximo Peroni also leaving on loan this summer