Aymeric Laporte

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Wouldn't surprise me if this has been in the pipeline for a while. With City telling them to wait until we have Gvardiol sorted. Then with Dias and Stones getting a knock we ask them to wait another week. Would certainly explain why Laporte hasn't been linked with a club in Europe. Quick not interested when they've contacted his agent. Like others have said 2 years over there on 400k then back to Athletic Bilbao on wages they can afford.
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
I was hoping that KdB would never reach the stage of his career and be at the point at which David Silva and Ali Bernarbia realised that their City time had come to a close
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It comes to the best of them sadly, City could have not handled him any better and in the past 2 seasons he's been outstanding and undroppable, Even when he's not been fully fit KDB demands to plays
 
Cityfan said:
Think that might be overdoing it slightly.
Gundo left us at 32 and looked fitter than when he came.
Fern was rivalling Methuselah when he left.
Walker is still looking sprightly.

I think some people are just luckier with genes and injuries than others. I suspect we look after the health of our players pretty well.
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I don’t underplay the role our backroom and fitness staff play one bit. They have done a phenomenal job but they also have access to unparalleled data and knowledge about the individual’s body, perhaps more than the player himself, and advise the club accordingly. Walker is freakish in that he has not lost his main attribute- pace - but Gundogan, Laporte, and even de Bruyne looked understandably weary last year, much like Fernandinho in his final season.

Father Playing Time waits for nobody, and while many players would love to ‘retire’ to Barcelona and the Mediterranean lifestyle, they can’t all do so, which means we’re increasingly likely to see players follow Laporte and play in an even less demanding environment. That is going to have interesting repercussions for European football.
 
This might seem like an obvious question but do we know whether he has agreed terms with them or if he actually wants to move there??

I haven’t read back more than a couple pages…
 
Was without doubt in the top 3 best centre halves in the world before(arguably no1) his injury. Still been a very decent back up since the injury and never let us down. But he's far to good to be 5th/6th in the pecking order and I wish him all the luck in the world. We've been blessed to have players of his calibre at our club.
 
Personally I’m glad he’s choosing Saudi over other European clubs, I wouldn’t want him scoring against us in the EPL or Champs League.

It wouldn’t surprise me if this becomes a future trend, come to City, win a load of trophies in a few years, then cruise a couple of years for mega money.
 
youngbob said:
To be fair, we thought this last season and it ended up doing the exact opposite.

Walker, Stones, Dias, Ake
Lewis, Akanji, Gvardiol, Gomez

Just as strong as the options we had last season, if not stronger if you consider Lewis' development and Gvardiol coming in for Laporte.
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We were very lucky last season with so many games, to have so few injuries at the business end. Zero injuries prior to the finals!

Looking at our typical injury record over history and that of other clubs at the same stage of the season that's incredibly rare.

Although we have elite support systems and management we can't assume we're going to get that again, with potentially more games!
 
Great bit of business for us because he won’t quite make first team for us and I bet we got a substantial fee.

Overall it feels like a bit of a shame really though because outside of us he’s capable of playing at the highest level and potentially is still a top ten centre back in the world. Amazed really he didn’t push to go to somewhere like Barca or Madrid.
 
He must be earning a boatload of money there if he is entertaining the thought of going to Saudi. I wonder what prevented the London clubs from getting him? Probably a combination of Laporte wanting out of the PL, City not willing to transfer to a PL rival and not meeting the valuation set.
 
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