Aymeric Laporte

[birchwoodgingerste]

Jeez I smell a rat ... To squeeze another few million of us ..

 

[cookster]

Perhaps he is just happy where he is?

Maybe, but we shouldn't leak the "We didn't want him anyway" rubbish. That's the Manure way!

 

[Marvin]

It wasn't. It was clearly both. But you end up being right only because laporte snubbed us. :)

We could make offers for two defenders but how do you know we wanted to complete both deals? If I was Stones or Laporte I'd want assurances of my place in the team, because everyone knows Kompany starts if fit. And Otamendi would possibly start ahead of Laporte or Stones anyway.

Possibly we were in for two central defenders. Who knows.

 

[kupest]

So much flapping on a transfer target. Calm down guys. Barcelona did not get him, they got Umtiti. Players have reasons beyond certain things and we need to move onto different targets. Hopefully this means Denayer can be 4th and not 5th CB or maybe even ahead of Mangala.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

LOL, reports today saying this was gonna happen in the next 48 hours. Shows they know fuck all.

But yeah, gotta be all out for Stones now imo. I agree it was unlikely that we were ever planning on buying both of them.

 

[BlueCityfan]

We could make offers for two defenders but how do you know we wanted to complete both deals? If I was Stones or Laporte I'd want assurances of my place in the team, because everyone knows Kompany starts if fit. And Otamendi would possibly start ahead of Laporte or Stones anyway.

Possibly we were in for two central defenders. Who knows.

Because City clearly had briefed the press that Stones and Laporte had nothing to do with each other. Laporte is also left-footed and Stones is right-footed. And yes, that usually also comes into consideration. Anyways, i'm certainly interested in seeing which defender other than Stones is on the radar now.

 

[waspish]

His club talked him into it i reckon sign a new improve contract with a higher buyout clause and if manchester City really want you they will pay it they have a bottomless pit of money, look how much they've spent already on there centre backs.

 

[argyle]

So much flapping on a transfer target. Calm down guys. Barcelona did not get him, they got Umtiti. Players have reasons beyond certain things and we need to move onto different targets. Hopefully this means Denayer can be 4th and not 5th CB or maybe even ahead of Mangala.

If Denayer was good enough we wouldn't be seeking out targets.

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

I was listening to a podcast a few weeks ago and they were talking about how Txiki has a plan a,b,c for every position when going into the transfer window....It's clear that Laporte was Txiki's and Pep's plan A for that position....which is why we now trying to do a PR job after missing out....

 

[Cityisland]

Bet Khaldoon feels like a bit of a wolly for stating our second signing was close. Must have been referring to this chap.