Jeremy Doku Signs New Deal with Manchester City
Jeremy Doku has put pen to paper on a new deal at Manchester City, tying down one of the Premier League’s most explosive wingers at the very moment the club begins a new era under Enzo Maresca.
The 24-year-old Belgian has been at the heart of City’s attack since arriving from Stade Rennais in 2023. His acceleration rips open defensive lines, his close control pins full-backs in their own box, and his fearlessness on the ball has turned him into a guaranteed starter in a squad that has ruled English football for years.
He now joins Phil Foden, Josko Gvardiol and Abdukodir Khusanov in committing his future to the Etihad this summer, another cornerstone locked in for the next phase of City’s rebuild.
This club means so much to me
Doku’s decision was laced with emotion. He spoke like a player who knows exactly where his game has gone up a level.
“I have loved my time at City so far, so to have the opportunity to stay for longer is a fantastic feeling,” he said. “This club means so much to me – I have developed as both a player and a person. I feel settled here, and I know I am improving every day because of the work the staff here do. It’s hard to explain just how much this club does to help players.”
The winger kept circling back to that theme: the environment, the detail, the constant push to improve.
“I don’t take it for granted and it makes me better,” he added. “With Enzo here now I am really excited about the new season. His style of football is the kind we love, so that’s exciting for the players.”
For Maresca, it is a dream platform. The Italian wants his attack to revolve around Doku’s pace and unpredictability, using the Belgian’s one‑v‑one threat as the trigger for City’s new offensive structure. Keeping him was non‑negotiable.
And Doku knows he is not doing this alone.
“The City fans are also a huge reason I have signed this new contract. I feel their love and support, and it means the world to me. I want to focus on bringing them the success they deserve.”
A dressing-room favourite, a defender’s nightmare
Inside the club, the reaction matched the noise outside. Director of Football Hugo Viana, the man steering City’s squad evolution, did not hide his admiration.
“Jeremy is a huge talent whose improvement since joining us in 2023 is clear for all to see,” Viana said. “He has a special dynamic. He has the right characteristics for what we are looking for in a winger. He really does bring a special quality to our team.”
The praise went beyond stepovers and sprints.
“Jeremy is also a fantastic person. He is someone loved across the club. His attitude is first class, and he wants to improve every single day. He deserves this new deal, and I know he will continue his improvement in the coming months and years.”
Loved in the dressing room. Feared everywhere else.
Records, titles and a statement debut season
City did not have to wait long for a return on their investment. Doku’s first campaign in England was laced with highlights, but one afternoon against Bournemouth carved his name into Premier League history.
On that day, he became the youngest player the league has seen to produce four assists and five goal involvements in a single match. It was the kind of performance that turns a promising signing into a headline act.
Across that debut season he passed the 40-appearance mark, scoring six goals and laying on 11 assists as City powered to a fourth straight league title. He was not just a flair player on the fringes; he was central to a machine that refused to slow down.
Growth through adversity
The 2024-25 campaign asked different questions. City hit turbulence, faced more resistance, and the margins tightened. Doku responded with maturity.
He ended that season with eight goals and nine assists, but the numbers only told part of the story. His work without the ball sharpened, his defensive discipline improved, and he started to look like a complete wide forward rather than just a pure dribbler.
By 2025-26, under the final year of Pep Guardiola’s reign, he had crossed a line: from exciting option to indispensable weapon.
He played a decisive role in a domestic cup double, rising to the occasion when the stakes spiked. In the FA Cup semi-final against Southampton, Doku dragged City back into the tie with the equaliser and then teed up Nico for the winner. It was a snapshot of his evolution – end product wrapped around raw chaos.
The face of City’s next chapter?
Now comes the Maresca chapter. New ideas, new patterns, same electric winger hugging the touchline.
City have made their move early, securing a player whose ceiling still feels dangerously high. Doku, already a champion and record-breaker, walks into this next season not as a prospect, but as a pillar.
If Maresca’s blueprint is to stick, it will need that blistering right boot, that first step past a full-back, that roar from the Etihad when Doku squares up his man.
City have bet their future on that. Defenders across the league know exactly what that means.
