Aymeric Laporte

[BlueCityfan]

Despite him still technically being here, i see him more as cancelos replacement. Either way, he's one body with 2 leaving, it leaves us short.

Rico Lewis is the Cancelo replacement. Gvardiol replaces Laporte. Our numbers in defence are good, midfield and the wings? Not so much....

 

[Ric]

Absurdly low fee, given his ability and experience. Bizarre that other clubs weren’t in for him. He’d walk into pretty much any other team in the league imo.

 

[citizen_maine]

Absurdly low fee, given his ability and experience. Bizarre that other clubs weren’t in for him. He’d walk into pretty much any other team in the league imo.

Maybe he doesn't want to go to any other team in the league

 

[Longballutd]

Will be completed tomorrow.

£23.5M

That’s a shocking low price. Amazed clubs all over the top European leagues wouldn’t step in with higher bids.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

There has to be some reason why nobody in Europe wanted him. I'd imagine we'd have asked for more from a Premier League club, but even so.

I'm irritated at the low fee, but it's clearly the right time for all parties to move on, so no point in holding out and risking keeping an unhappy player another season.

He's been a great servant.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Absurdly low fee, given his ability and experience. Bizarre that other clubs weren’t in for him. He’d walk into pretty much any other team in the league imo.

I'm fairly certain we'll be charging a premium to sell our players to domestic rivals from now on. We could have easily gotten closer to £40m from a Spurs or a Villa if he had any interest.

 

[Coatigan]

The reported 50-55m for both Mahrez and Laporte combined, is pretty low imo.

 

[Legal Alien]

The reported 50-55m for both Mahrez and Laporte combined, is pretty low imo.

I was quite happy with Mahrez's fee but Laporte's is a joke in this market.

I'm sure he was on good wages so we're saving there, but the lack of interest for such a good player was strange.

 

[wolviedinho]

I was quite happy with Mahrez's fee but Laporte's is a joke in this market.

I'm sure he was on good wages so we're saving there, but the lack of interest for such a good player was strange.

The lack of interest is reflected in the price. Not 1 decent team interested? Something going on that we are not privy to?

For what the player gave us I don’t have a problem with the fee. Look at Fred £11m. He cost the rags £50m.

 

[Coatigan]

I was quite happy with Mahrez's fee but Laporte's is a joke in this market.

I'm sure he was on good wages so we're saving there, but the lack of interest for such a good player was strange.

I don't think the lack of interest is that strange. Us accepting such a low fee though, is. To me at least.