Aymeric Laporte is a French footballer who recently signed for Manchester City, Laporte joined athletic bilbao in 2010 only 16 years old. He didn’t make his debut for the main team until 2012 where he played in a 2-0 victory against Hapoel Ironi. In the 2013/14 season, Laporte became a starter for athletic and did so well he was voted into the la liga team of the year by reporters.
On 13th June Laporte renewed his contract until 2020 with a buyout clause of 65million euros. And in the January transfer window which has just finished Laporte signed for Manchester City it’s reported that City bought him for 57million pounds. Laporte made his debut for Manchester City the day after in a 3-0 win over WBA where he played the full 90minutes and impressed many people by keeping a clean sheet.
Laporte represented France in every younger team he even captained each side. He was part of the under-19 team that got silver after losing to Serbia in the 2013 UEFA European Championship, Laporte was selected in the Team of the Tournament. in October 2015, Laporte said that he would consider representing Spain if rejected by France for Euro 2016. Laporte was called up to the senior squad of France for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Bulgaria and Netherlands, after that he said that he decided not to apply for the Spanish national team.
Post by: Viktor Ingi Þrastarson
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