Aymeric Laporte

[richards30]

Low fee no doubt but on our books he probably has nil balance now so £27m will be all profit? Also getting his wages off the books as well and it opens up a squad place in an area we are beyond stacked?

 

[Lavinda Past]

Here where, have we accepted 30m from west ham? No. He is an elite player, he will get an elite wage, and we'll get a fair fee

In some reports, less than £30m....

If he was as good as some fans think, he'd have attracted bids well in excess of £30m from top level clubs.

He's good, but he's not good enough for City or for any top level clubs to make a bid any more. Simple as that.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

I find it hard to believe we wouldn’t have at least matched the Saudi bid if we were given the green light.

Bit of a step down though innit?

 

[Phoenix900000]

Baffling that no team in world football is jumping at the chance to get Laporte. Also the £27m annoys the living feck out the me considering Fabiniho went for £40m and was poor last season while Aymeric is a multi winning CB.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Not much money outside of England at the moment, what woul people rater see.

£27 million from Saudi or £60 million from Arsenal, Rags or dippers?

I'd definitely rather get £60m than £27m, and wouldn't care who it was from.

 

[richards30]

I find it hard to believe we wouldn’t have at least matched the Saudi bid if we were given the green light.

I dont think we would have even bothered asking mate to be honest.

 

[chris85mcfc]

In some reports, less than £30m....

If he was as good as some fans think, he'd have attracted bids well in excess of £30m from top level clubs.

He's good, but he's not good enough for City or for any top level clubs to make a bid any more. Simple as that.

Was always the '2nd' centre half in my opinion, regardless of who he played alongside.

I rated him, but I think he was one of those that needed his hand holding by the person alongside him.

 

[philiph20]

Undisclosed fee obviously means we've been shafted it seems.

 

[Andouble]

No way the fee would be under 30m when you take into account the shit players the Saudi league have signed for much more.

 

[Plain Speaking]

Low fee no doubt but on our books he probably has nil balance now so £27m will be all profit? Also getting his wages off the books as well and it opens up a squad place in an area we are beyond stacked?

Just looking at his current wages on the payroll site £120k/wk so that will free up a bit, Cancelo on £250k/wk and Philips on £150k/wk! No wonder we can't move Philips on!

Wouldn't say we're 'beyond stacked' myself, traditionally we have wanted 2 players for each position and we don't have that. Although some nice flexibility with certain players.