Manchester City's Maffeo extends Girona loan

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Manchester City defender Pablo Maffeo has returned to Girona on a season-long loan, the club have confirmed.

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The 20-year-old made 27 appearances for the club in 2016-17 as he helped them to secure promotion to La Liga for the first time in their history.

Maffeo spent five months with the Catalans at the end of the 2015-16 campaign after signing a new three-year contract with City and returned last term after making just three senior appearances under Pep Guardiola.

The Spain youth international could make his first appearance in Spain's top flight when Girona face Atletico Madrid on August 19.

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Joe is a Senior Editor at Sporting News. He was previously a sub editor and writer for Goal.com before spending six years as part of the Stats Perform editorial news service, covering major global sports including football, tennis, boxing, NBA, rugby union and athletics. Joe has reported live on some of the biggest games in football, including two UEFA Champions League finals, Euro 2016, the Confederations Cup 2017 and the 2018 World Cup final at the end of a month in Russia.