Aymeric Laporte

[kunaguero10]

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.

 

[FantasyIreland]

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

 

[SuperBlu]

Is he better than John Stones ?

Or Toby Alderwield ?

 

[.A.]

Is he better than John Stones ?

Or Toby Alderwield ?

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.

 

[Egostereo]

Rekik y Denyaer in premier, Laporte x Boyata,

XI star

Dupla Laporte con Mangala

 

[sam-caddick]

Is he better than John Stones ?

Or Toby Alderwield ?

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.

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.

 

[BayernMan]

Javi 2.0? :p

 

[Dax777]

Is he better than John Stones ?

Or Toby Alderwield ?

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.

Get Stones then. Either way, just get a solid young CB to partner Mang.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Is Denayer not a solid young centre back?

 

[citytill1die84]

With Demichelis signed up for another year CD is not an area we need to look at.