Aymeric Laporte

[oldius]

I am not suggesting that his behaviour was honourable, nor that we should accept it, but I can understand how different I am at 48 than I was at 22. At that age I could easily have been swept along with the excitement of a life changing event to then shit myself at the last minute and pull out.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I am not suggesting that his behaviour was honourable, nor that we should accept it, but I can understand how different I am at 48 than I was at 22. At that age I could easily have been swept along with the excitement of a life changing event to then shit myself at the last minute and pull out.

Don't worry mate, it's happened to us all. I hope she was understanding!

 

[MadchesterCity]

I am not suggesting that his behaviour was honourable, nor that we should accept it, but I can understand how different I am at 48 than I was at 22. At that age I could easily have been swept along with the excitement of a life changing event to then shit myself at the last minute and pull out.

Daddy?

 

[Andrew___K]

Great player, I rate him much higher that Van Dijk, very technical leftie that ticks all possible boxes. Would be very sad if we refuse to buy him.

 

[Father Paul]

I am not suggesting that his behaviour was honourable, nor that we should accept it, but I can understand how different I am at 48 than I was at 22. At that age I could easily have been swept along with the excitement of a life changing event to then shit myself at the last minute and pull out.

Does anybody remember a guy called Delph?

 

[Barcon]

Listen to Sam Lee's account on the 93.20 podcast if you haven't already. This lad left us high and dry. I hadn't fully realised just how last minute his backing out was. I sincerely hope the club will have nothing to do with him. And in fact I'm pretty sure that it won't.

Where can I find this please mate?

 

[Kamran Shirinzade]

Great player, I rate him much higher that Van Dijk, very technical leftie that ticks all possible boxes. Would be very sad if we refuse to buy him.

Spot on. He is created for Guardiola.

 

[Roachy]

Couldn't they all just kiss and make up.

 

[Delphacito]

Where can I find this please mate?

Here you go mate
It's a good listen.

 

[ADegenerate]

Great player, I rate him much higher that Van Dijk, very technical leftie that ticks all possible boxes. Would be very sad if we refuse to buy him.

Couldnt disagree more. The way he handled things screams out character flaw and red flag. I'm glad Pep and Txiki see it my way. You don't want to add wishy-washy and indecisive players to the locker room.

+1 to @richards30 comment...lock the thead?

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Here you go mate
It's a good listen.

@mavsmfc I'm a complete moron when it comes to all things computing (that probably didn't need saying…) Could you tell me how you did that? i.e. embed the whole thing in your post

 

[Delphacito]

@mavsmfc I'm a complete moron when it comes to all things computing (that probably didn't need saying…) Could you tell me how you did that? i.e. embed the whole thing in your post

Nothing mate, the forum does it automatically for you. I just pasted the direct link to the podcast that's all.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Cheers, mate. I think even I can do that…

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

Here's a link to all City podcasts from various locations all together in one place:

http://www.mancitytalk.co.uk/manchester-city-podcasts

 

[Barcon]

Here you go mate
It's a good listen.

Cheers mate. I'll have a listen when I get home

 

[Larry Stranger]

Here's the thing. If Southampton hold firm on their £70m for VVD do we then go back to Laporte even though we said we don't want him anymore?

 

[KingOdin]

I would like to see Laporte with our shirt but 80 million is perhaps too expensive , Valverde will probably try to take him to Barcelona

 

[Andrew___K]

I would like to see Laporte with our shirt but 80 million is perhaps too expensive , Valverde will probably try to take him to Barcelona

They have only 100m for transfers and desperately need to repair the hole in midfield as Iniesta is too old. RB is another glaring weakness, can't see them moving for an expensive CB.
Laporte and Van Dijk are not the only possible solutions, D.Sanchez looks like a future worldclass ball-playing CB, de Ligt is a brilliant prospect as well. Ofc Laporte would be ideal as he's left-footed on top of his qualities.

 

[ojeme]

Sorry guys I have been unable to listen to the podcast and I've not got the facility to do that here and now. Apart from the fact that he backtracked on his earlier decision, what else do you reckon he did? Not saying it was a noble thing to do but common we all change our minds when presented with tough decisions and given his age and the fact that he probably had been in Bilbao all his life, I really don't have a strong enough reason not to cut the lad some slack. I'm hoping someone would set me straight as to what I have not seen but at face value I see a young boy who was told all the sweet things in the world, reasons why he should come and be a part of the biggest thing he had ever witnessed in his life yet and he got on board but had to fight off a myriad of thoughts constantly sown to his mind by the ones he had been with all his life, people telling him to show his loyalty to them and somehow had to give in at the death in what i reckon a not too dissimilar event with the Griezmann saga.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Going for a hattrick on you here billy, sam is wrong (: