Aymeric Laporte

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Dax777 said:
I don't get the problem here. If he is a top defender, young, fast and tough and CB has been our weakest link this year, why is anyone against it.
Kompany is injury prone, and not currently playing well. Demichelis is one year older. Boyata says he is considering being off.

So here is what we are left with one young defender who hasn't hit his full potential yet in Mangala, an injury prone Captain who has been off form all season and an aging vet.

So why are we opposed to bringing in talent for competition? If he is as talented as been suggested, then I will welcome his addition. It has been an underperforming position.

And as for the youth team defenders, if the youth players are good enough, they'll make it and if not they'd be moved on for a profit with buy back first options.

Let competition and merit push the best to the top, and the rest can be moved.

Unless some want to argue he isn't good enough, if he is, and we are weak at the position, get him.
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Totally agree with this. If we could get him for £25mil I would consider that an opportunity too good to turn down. Despite our loyalty to Kompany, our hope for Mangala and our appreciation for Demichelis you can't honestly watch this lad play and not think he would be an improvement on all of our current defenders. We could be looking at a real defender crisis this time next year. Demi is getting too old, Mangala won't get more than two seasons to prove himself and Kompany shouldn't be given more than two seasons of current form to sort his performance out either. Don't wait til were desperate to start taking action, that's when we will be made to pay a premium for whatever we can get.
 
I really hope we still make room for Denayer (perhaps move Demicheles on even with his new contract)

Can Denayer play RB/DM?
 
He's a quality player but we already have Mangala, Denayer and Rekik. We would be better off spending money on other areas.

bluechampion7891 said:
I really hope we still make room for Denayer (perhaps move Demicheles on even with his new contract)

Can Denayer play RB/DM?
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He has played in midfield (some see that as his eventual position), but I don't remember him ever playing at right-back.
 
kun said:
He's a quality player but we already have Mangala, Denayer and Rekik. We would be better off spending money on other areas.

bluechampion7891 said:
I really hope we still make room for Denayer (perhaps move Demicheles on even with his new contract)

Can Denayer play RB/DM?
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He has played in midfield (some see that as his eventual position), but I don't remember him ever playing at right-back.
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We have Mangala. Denayer and Rekik are prospects who may or may not make the grade. Besides, Denayer is a pretty decent Rightback, so he can start by backing up Zaba.

Better yet, Larpote is supposedly a quality CDM. Matic-esque. So he can play there if Komps and Mang works out.

I see no downside here.
 
Dax777 said:
kun said:
He's a quality player but we already have Mangala, Denayer and Rekik. We would be better off spending money on other areas.

bluechampion7891 said:
I really hope we still make room for Denayer (perhaps move Demicheles on even with his new contract)

Can Denayer play RB/DM?
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He has played in midfield (some see that as his eventual position), but I don't remember him ever playing at right-back.
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We have Mangala. Denayer and Rekik are prospects who may or may not make the grade. Besides, Denayer is a pretty decent Rightback, so he can start by backing up Zaba.

Better yet, Larpote is supposedly a quality CDM. Matic-esque. So he can play there if Komps and Mang works out.

I see no downside here.
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that should be good and also goes in hand with the goal report which says we have made Fernando available
 
Important to note Denayer's contract is up next summer. Losing him for free sounds just like something the club would do at the minute.
 
Athletic Bilbao president Jose Urrutia says that Manchester City target Aymeric Laporte will cost £30 million this summer.

Goal revealed last week that City are plotting a £25m bid for the centre-back as they seek to reshape their squad in the wake of a disappointing Premier League title defence.

Laporte has been watched a number of times by City scout Rob Newman, while Txixi Begiristain is also understood to be a keen admirer of the 20-year-old.

But Urrutia has now revealed that he will only allow Laporte to leave if a club tables a bid that matches his release clause, which currently stands at £30m.

“We are pleased that Aymeric is still here and we hope that he will stay at the club for many more years,” he told reporters.

“He is a great player. So far, we don’t have any specific offers for him. Laporte will only leave if he takes the decision and if someone pays his release clause.”

Laporte is a mainstay in the Athletic defence and has made 42 appearances in all competitions in 2014-15
 
Is he better than John Stones ?

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Or Toby Alderwield ?

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SuperBlu said:
Is he better than John Stones ?

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Or Toby Alderwield ?

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Stones was immense against us in the league; if a German player did that against Bayern, they buy them. If an English one did it against the Rags under Fergie, they bought him. It was that mentality that made them successful.

Laporte is also a top class talent, but isn't home grown and hasn't proven himself in the league we play in; Stones ticks every single box and if we are investing big money in another defender this summer it just has to be him, but unfortunately our current management is tragically inept and he will probably end up at Arsenal or United while we take another big money foreign gamble, and move further away from emulating the likes of Barca and Bayern with our overly-cosmopolitan environment.
 
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SuperBlu said:
Is he better than John Stones ?

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Or Toby Alderwield ?

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Stones was immense against us in the league; if a German player did that against Bayern, they buy them. If an English one did it against the Rags under Fergie, they bought him. It was that mentality that made them successful.

Laporte is also a top class talent, but isn't home grown and hasn't proven himself in the league we play in; Stones ticks every single box and if we are investing big money in another defender this summer it just has to be him, but unfortunately our current management is tragically inept and he will probably end up at Arsenal or United while we take another big money foreign gamble, and move further away from emulating the likes of Barca and Bayern with our overly-cosmopolitan environment.
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I agree mate.

Stones for me is top quality in the waiting and if he was another nationality we would all be wanting City to sign him.

I think another season at Everton would serve him well though.

He won't be at Everton much longer.
 
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SuperBlu said:
Is he better than John Stones ?

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Or Toby Alderwield ?

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Stones was immense against us in the league; if a German player did that against Bayern, they buy them. If an English one did it against the Rags under Fergie, they bought him. It was that mentality that made them successful.

Laporte is also a top class talent, but isn't home grown and hasn't proven himself in the league we play in; Stones ticks every single box and if we are investing big money in another defender this summer it just has to be him, but unfortunately our current management is tragically inept and he will probably end up at Arsenal or United while we take another big money foreign gamble, and move further away from emulating the likes of Barca and Bayern with our overly-cosmopolitan environment.
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Get Stones then. Either way, just get a solid young CB to partner Mang.
 
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