Aymeric Laporte | Txiki doesn't forgive (except for when he does)

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http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/mora...ulled-out-of-alexis/aolofje31bkb1aax8sr4l822g
That summer, City had agreed a transfer fee with Athletic Bilbao for Aymeric Laporte. Personal terms were agreed and contracts drawn up, but the France international called Begiristain at the last minute to tell him he had had a change of heart.

The former Barcelona director was livid, to the extent that it was decided that Laporte will not be considered as a transfer target again, despite the fact he fits the profile of what the Blues are looking for in a defender. City pursued several centre-backs last summer, a year down the line, but never Laporte. A source close to the City board told Goal at the time, "Txiki doesn't forgive."
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Morals, innit.
 
Di Maria's angel said:
Stones is pretty shit. They can sign him and he'll turn wank too.
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Just before his injury he was looking the real deal, he’s still young and defenders will make mistakes. Unfortunately it’s just what happens in that position. Saying that if they do sign Laporte hopefully he does play rubbish.
 
Judas said:
Makes them not going the extra mile for Sanchez even more pathetic really.
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Sanchez's fee to Arsenal wasn't the issue, Laporte isn't going to be demanding to be City's top earner, plays in a position where they genuinely need more depth and is only 23 years old, not 29. You cannot compare the two transfers.
 
Why on earth do they need another £65m defender? :wenger: Who does he replace in the team? £40m Otamendi who is playing decent and scoring a few goals or £50m ball playing Stones?
 
IrishRedDevil said:
Why on earth do they need another £65m defender? :wenger: Who does he replace in the team? £40m Otamendi who is playing decent and scoring a few goals or £50m ball playing Stones?
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Firstly he is better than Stones. Secondly, if they play three at the back, thats a solid back three.
 
IrishRedDevil said:
Why on earth do they need another £65m defender? :wenger: Who does he replace in the team? £40m Otamendi who is playing decent and scoring a few goals or £50m ball playing Stones?
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Kompany is injury prone and Mangala will be leaving (not good enough anyway) which leaves us with two reliable CBs, plus he can fill in at LB.
 
RDCR07 said:
Firstly he is better than Stones. Secondly, if they play three at the back, thats a solid back three.
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How dare Pep drop young English prospect Stones. Imagine it was Jose replacing an English defender he bought for £50m for an even more expensive one after 1.5 seasons.
 
IrishRedDevil said:
Why on earth do they need another £65m defender? :wenger: Who does he replace in the team? £40m Otamendi who is playing decent and scoring a few goals or £50m ball playing Stones?
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Obviously to replace the mere £40m otamendi. Eventually you will see the £60m Laporte and the £50m stones playing between the two £50m full backs. Didn’t you know that you need to assemble a £210m defence to keep out the greedy mercenaries like Sanchez?
 
RMD83 said:
Obviously to replace the mere £40m otamendi. Eventually you will see the £60m Laporte and the £50m stones playing between the two £50m full backs. Didn’t you know that you need to assemble a £210m defence to keep out the greedy mercenaries like Sanchez?
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Can you imagine Sanchez's eyes, when he sees all that walking money?
 
Andersons Dietician said:
Just before his injury he was looking the real deal, he’s still young and defenders will make mistakes. Unfortunately it’s just what happens in that position. Saying that if they do sign Laporte hopefully he does play rubbish.
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He looked the real deal in a defence he didn’t really have to defend in.
 
Jose had a defence already set so focused on attackers.
Pep has his attack in place so is focused on defence.
Both taking about the same length of time to sort it out, the only thing is a top attack can cover a poor defence while a poor attack still has to break down stubborn sides.
The Manchester sides will dominate Europe in about 2 years imo. The arms race has an urgency that rival sides do not have.
 
I cannot wait for the indignation from the press when Citeh spend another £60m on their shite defence. Oh, but it's not United, so no one will care.
 
I'm not so confident about our defence, tbh. Bailly and Jones aren't bad, but somehow both are injury prone. Anyone else is mediocre.

Laporte is a very smart move.
 
Much like with Liverpool, City’s defence is always going to be exposed due to how high their full backs play.

I don’t think Laporte is a world class upgrade on what they have. He’s maybe better than Stones and Otamendi, but I wouldn’t say it’s a vast difference.
 
Who's he replacing then? Otamendi? He's been pretty good this season. City can spend all the money at the back, will never stop them being shaky.
 
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