Aymeric Laporte

[FCBarca]

He's a Bilbao player and fair game..I reckon we will get him..then I'll come on here and laugh at you

I'm laughing at you now since you confused two different posts and arrived at the wrong conclusion

 

[FCBarca]

Would Txiki do any unsettling?

Not with Pep as coach but Txiki hasn't unsettled any Barcelona players during his time at City and I wouldn't expect him to. Same applies to poaching kids from La Masia

 

[BlueKlaude]

Ive thougth of another situation where we actually buy Laporte and use Denayer without selling Mangala and use 3 central defender when playing the kind of 3-3-3-1 that Bayern use atm. Selling Kolarov and Zaba/Clichy would also suit buying additional midfielder instead of actually splashing for fullbacks. Sagna plays cb/fullbacks allround. Makes sense with who we are linked with and the plan that Pep uses atm... just a theory

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Nah, Pep would never sacrifices a attacking and creative option to a defender, ever. Laporte comes , Mangala or Denayer goes and if mangala stays , Laporte isnt coming.

Denayer is home grown and club trained mate. No sacrifices whatsoever.

 

[BlueKlaude]

Denayer is home grown and club trained mate. No sacrifices whatsoever.

No as he spent the year aboard. needs one more year in england.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

No as he spent the year aboard. needs one more year in england.

Well hes still young enough, as he is under 21 and has spent 2 years with the club he doesnt have to go on cl list. Lke barker and garcia

 

[BlueKlaude]

Well hes still young enough, as he is under 21 and has spent 2 years with the club he doesnt have to go on cl list. Lke barker and garcia

he needs to spend 3 years in england overall.

 

[capiloton]

for that price, i'd prefer we sign Laporte rather than Stones.

 

[Bill]

for that price, i'd prefer we sign Laporte rather than Stones.

absolutely.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Mangala out would be my guess with Kompany and Otamendi being an experienced pair of centre backs supplemented by a French speaking Denayer and Laporte.

I think Galatasaray playing him at right back has been a good way of getting Denayer used to more time on the ball. He's certainly got a cool head on him. If everything goes perfectly (as it often doesn't) I'd hope to have those two as our defensive partnership for years to come.