Manchester City has completed the signing of goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli from Olympique de Marseille on a two-year contract, bringing the 34-year-old Argentine back to a club he technically belonged to nearly a decade ago.
The transfer fee is expected to land somewhere between €2 million and €3.5 million.
A second chance, nine years in the making
Rulli’s connection to Manchester City dates back to 2016, when the club signed him for a reported £4 million. He spent the 2016-2017 season on the books but never made a single first-team appearance before being sold to Real Sociedad.
In the intervening years, Rulli built a career across some of Europe’s most competitive leagues. He became a cult figure at Villarreal, where he played a pivotal role in the club’s 2021 Europa League triumph. In that final against Manchester United, Rulli saved the decisive penalty in a marathon shootout, delivering a trophy to a club that had never won a major European title.
