Laporte says goodbye

Surprised he went to that league, he's a class player and would do well in any side. Best luck to him shame to see him go
 
Ah man, that little breakdown he has at the end got me. Brilliant player and a key part of lots of success. Wish him all the best
 
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Probably a good enough player to start for every other team in Europe and he’s off to Saudi Arabia.
 
Considering we used to struggle to find a left-sided centre-back he leaves the club because he'd dropped down to 3rd or even 4th choice in that position. Shame we're not about to sign a speedy winger to get on the end of those long cross-field balls that he used to play out of defence.
 
luckers said:
Surprised he went to that league, he's a class player and would do well in any side. Best luck to him shame to see him go
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It's either, simply a case of the money on offer to him being impossible to turn down. Which I fully understand; I'm not having a go at him for it. Or, there were simply no offers in for him from a top European club that were acceptable to either him or the club. He's certainly got it in him to play at the elite level for another two or three years.
 
Thank you, Aymeric for all your efforts on behalf of Manchester City.

You are a classy defender, and you always gave your best for the club, never more so than in the closing weeks of the 21/22 season, when you played through injury.

I really thought that you and John Stones would be our first choice CB pairing for many years, but nothing is certain in football, as in life, and events - and signings - as well as Pep's football evolving, took us in a different direction.

The timing of your tackling was exquisite, and you scored some important goals for us, including the winner in the League Cup final against Spurs, and the one to give us the lead at Brighton in the final game of the 18/19 season.

I wish you all the best in your new venture, and I hope you win many more trophies.
 
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Manchester33 said:
The reason the Saudis got him so cheap is because they pay upfront in cash. No messing about with payment plans like most European clubs do. It's probably better for City to take £25m today, rather than £35m over 5 years.
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Laporte gets handsomely paid having already collected plenty of silverware, the Saudis get a top player with plenty left in the tank and City get shut of an unwanted player for a fair fee which is paid our preferred way.
Everybody gets what they want.
 
ancoats said:
What ? £23.6 million, somebody had their pants pull down me thinks
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Agreed, that's crazy money. Obviously he'll never be as good as Harry Maguire so we couldn't have expected £80m, but still.

EDIT: I don't know how I managed to type that whilst laughing so much! Harry fucking Maguire, I wouldn't give them 80p for him.
 
To be fair to the Saudis the more of these half decent players they sign, the more the better players might consider going there. It’s not as unattractive place to play now as it was a few years ago, which I suppose is what they’re trying to do. It’s not a bad price for someone who wasn’t getting a game. Means he cost us about £30m for the 5 years we had him for which is a bargain really
 
Chippy_boy said:
Agreed, that's crazy money. Obviously he'll never be as good as Harry Maguire so we couldn't have expected £80m, but still.

EDIT: I don't know how I managed to type that whilst laughing so much! Harry fucking Maguire, I wouldn't give them 80p for him.
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If Manchester City wanted Laporte from any other club right now it would be starting at £80million plus add-on
The price we got is daft, £23.8 million ?? I am shocked, let's hope we have a really good sell price around the 50% mark

Go and get me a left-footed international defender who's won 5 Premier League titles and many cups and is still in his prime for £23.8 million
 
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Theengelbert said:
To be fair to the Saudis the more of these half decent players they sign, the more the better players might consider going there. It’s not as unattractive place to play now as it was a few years ago, which I suppose is what they’re trying to do. It’s not a bad price for someone who wasn’t getting a game. Means he cost us about £30m for the 5 years we had him for which is a bargain really
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Not so, the demand for a left-footed defender with the quality of Laporte would be around £80million in today's market, Maybe we have a good sell-on deal for him if they sell him after a year or so if he does not settle,

But £23.8 million makes no sense when Dirty Harry, over the road is valued at over £30million
 
ancoats said:
If Manchester City wanted Laporte from any other club right now it would be starting at £80million plus add-on
The price we got is daft, £23.8 million ?? I am shocked, let's hope we have a really good sell price around the 50% mark

Go and get me a left-footed international defender who's won 5 Premier League titles and many cups and is still in his prime for £23.8 million
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Maybe the Saudi's reminded City about Article 17?
 
Not sure which I find stranger - that no top European club has put a bid in for Laporte or the fact that we’ve accepted £23.5 million for him ?? It’s bizarre - he’s way better than that in the current market
 
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