Aymeric Laporte

[p.taker]

But all the ITK's said its done deal and could be announced this week.

Did anyone of them say that he signed a contract?

 

[razman]

Check out @MirrorAnderson's Tweet:

We never wanted him anyway :D

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

But all the ITK's said its done deal and could be announced this week.

Shit happens and the guys who are itk were caught cold by the news.

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

Check out @MirrorAnderson's Tweet:

We never wanted him anyway :D

Anderson's comments dont make sense....we will have to pay 40mil+ for stones???

 

[Mr HJ]

In some ways this may well get our recruitment team to up their game. It's not easy signing any player at the level we require, but I do think we need to look at closing deals quicker. Hopefully we may see a deal soon of a player no-one thought about or mentioned- now that would be a tonic.

 

[BlueCityfan]

Check out @MirrorAnderson's Tweet:

We never wanted him anyway :D

What a stupid excuse. Considering that we want Stones and he will probably cost just as much if not more. :)

 

[blueinsa]

But all the ITK's said its done deal and could be announced this week.

Troll elsewhere or unlike Laporte, I won't change my mind about removing you from the thread.

 

[Mezrah]

Not getting Laporte and now City want Toure to stay for next season.. This day is weird!

 

[Tron Coltrane]

Football intelligence and general intelligence aren't the same thing....

I don't think that's immediately clear when saying that a person needs to get a brain. But I think a lot of the former is coaching... some bad defensive coaching in the past two seasons, and some inevitably good defensive coaching shortly. Hopefully a Martinez-like session will undo some bad decision-making tendencies.

Not sure it will ever make him a first team player in Pep's side, for technical reasons. But I don't have any doubt that he couldn't make him into a good defender.

 

[cookster]

Unless he signed to get s big payout for Bilbao then the facts are he's decided to stay at a mid table Spanish club rather than sign for Pep and City!

Txiki is doing a great job of selling the dream ticket....................

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

And not a flying fuck was given that day.

Don't know enough about him, plenty saying he is the real deal.

Always seemed overkill to me wanting him AND Stones.

At least Stones is homegrown and used to the Premier League.

Fair play to Laporte if he wants to remain loyal, regardless of a pay rise.

As far as I'm concerned, it's £40m we can spend elsewhere, hopefully on a proper left back!!

 

[BlueDeadHead]

The fuck?!?

Was assured this was done and dusted

WTF happened?!

Window opens in July.

 

[Mr HJ]

And not a flying fuck was given that day.

Don't know enough about him, plenty saying he is the real deal.

Always seemed overkill to me wanting him AND Stones.

At least Stones is homegrown and used to the Premier League.

Fair play to Laporte if he wants to remain loyal, regardless of a pay rise.

As far as I'm concerned, it's £40m we can spend elsewhere, hopefully on a proper left back!!

Spot on.

 

[cookster]

And not a flying fuck was given that day.

Don't know enough about him, plenty saying he is the real deal.

Always seemed overkill to me wanting him AND Stones.

At least Stones is homegrown and used to the Premier League.

Fair play to Laporte if he wants to remain loyal, regardless of a pay rise.

As far as I'm concerned, it's £40m we can spend elsewhere, hopefully on a proper left back!!

You're sounding like the Manure media, didn't want him anyway.

 

[BlueDeadHead]

65 million actually.

Or 51 million pounds. I think we will pay it.

 

[HelloCity]

And not a flying fuck was given that day.

Don't know enough about him, plenty saying he is the real deal.

Always seemed overkill to me wanting him AND Stones.

At least Stones is homegrown and used to the Premier League.

Fair play to Laporte if he wants to remain loyal, regardless of a pay rise.

As far as I'm concerned, it's £40m we can spend elsewhere, hopefully on a proper left back!!

Hmmmm

 

[deano ou812]

Well it's a setback,and a bit galling all the ground work put in over how many months and now we have to move on to another CB,can't do anything if he changed his mind last minute shit happens we move on ..

 

[Akiva]

Wonder if that does make that 65m for Aubameyang more achievable though.

Unless he signed to get s big payout for Bilbao then the facts are he's decided to stay at a mid table Spanish club rather than sign for Pep and City!

Txiki is doing a great job of selling the dream ticket....................

Seriously? How much more can Txiki do?

The kid is willingly turning down football at the highest level, trophies, success, Pep Guardiola and double the money to stick around at Bilbao. That's it.

 

[itisrising]

Hmmmm

Because we haven't spent a lot of money on raw youngs before? Club seems somewhat embarrassed and are briefing media to hide it IMO.

 

[HelloCity]