Aymeric Laporte

[Cityfan]

God yes, could you imagine paying over the odds for a french centre half who can't get in the national team?

Anyone like that must be really good and really well scouted.

 

[The Doctor]

Can anybody translate Grande Kepita! From a Laporte tweet of 2 days ago regarding a publication in El Cena where Laporte is signing documents with Bilbao boss I can pick up mention of 62m Euros in the Spanish narrative but Spanish not my forte........please you clever clogs out there

 

[TCIB]

"IVE seen him 3 times in my short time in Spain but he a very good player come on United get your finger out"Gary Neville RAG.AND FULLY PAID UP MEMBER OF CUFAMA ( constantly up fergie and Maureens arse

"CUFAMA" sounds like a very good Italian swear, i likes it :-)

 

[@BluePhil8]

Arteta texting his mates like 'which one of you ****s can't i trust?' Lol

 

[Vienna_70]

No it's pretty daft as Mangala is not Basque as far as I know.

Nor is Laporte. He was born in Agen, which is not in the Basque Country.

 

[The Doctor]

So basically we're negotiating over the fee, since it's impossible for us to activate the release clause without paying an additional 45% in tax? So we're wanting to offer the amount of his release clause without actually activating it. Shakhtar have no obligation to accept that offer and want more money, naturally. We'll probably settle on a fee that is 10-15% higher than his release clause to 'save' money. So we must wait to see if it gets done before the deadline. Is that, in a nutshell, where we are at?

How can I tell be a release clause if it is not binding to the club?

 

[p.taker]

Nor is Laporte. He was born in Agen, which is not in the Basque Country.

Yes, I think most are aware of the gray area involved with his Basque-ness, or lack thereof.

 

[riley347]

John stones is our future captain imo. He was outstanding before he got injured and I'm sure he will be in the future. Laporte won't be replacing stones I'm sure of that. If anything our centre halves will be rotated.

I wasn’t saying Stones ain’t up to it- just pull his finger out... Mangala was the 1 I was referring to...

 

[nmc]

I think it's impossible to dislike the Mangler for the reasons you highlighted. I also don't think he is as bad as he's made out. Okay he's no Baresi, but i think the press got on his back early doors and he never really recovered. He never hides, he seems like he's a popular member of the squad and is all for the cause. Should he go in the summer I really hope it's with a suitcase full of medals.

You are right Mangala isn’t that bad but in our side he looks terrible - because we demand ball players - at less sophisticated clubs like West Brom or the Rags where he’d just have to put his head on it,put it in row Z or lump it long he’d look okay. That said he’s never worth the sort of fee we paid for him. £12 to £15m defender. I hope he gets a move , settles and becomes a valued part of a team. He’s a good professional and seems like a good lad so I wish him well - I hope being so far down our pecking order doesn’t cost him a place in France’s WC squad.

 

[goater555]

You are right Mangala isn’t that bad but in our side he looks terrible - because we demand ball players - at less sophisticated clubs like West Brom or the Rags where he’d just have to put his head on it,put it in row Z or lump it long he’d look okay. That said he’s never worth the sort of fee we paid for him. £12 to £15m defender. I hope he gets a move , settles and becomes a valued part of a team. He’s a good professional and seems like a good lad so I wish him well - I hope being so far down our pecking order doesn’t cost him a place in France’s WC squad.

Yeah, I've read he's a good chap to have around the squad.

I suppose if we do sell him. It won't be hard for his next supporters to make a compilation video to convince themselves 'He's the one'. They could just use his debut against Chelsea.