DBasia.news – Manchester City has the opportunity to lose one of its pillars in defense. Aymeric Laporte is welcome to find a new club in the remainder of this transfer window.
Laporte is one of the expensive Manchester City defenders who was brought in during the Pep Guardiola era. The Citizens spent around 57 million pounds in January 2018 to redeem from Athletic Bilbao.
But Laporte lost his place in the first squad since last season. Guardiola prefers to rely on John Stones and Ruben Dias as a central defender duo.
Laporte did not like the situation. He needs to play regularly in order to be able to defend Spain in the upcoming 2022 World Cup.
This fact is the main reason Manchester City gave up Laporte’s departure. Juventus and Real Madrid are two clubs interested in using his services.
But the ambitions of the two clubs will not be easily realized. Reported by the Daily Mail, Manchester City valued Laporte at 60 million pounds.
This amunt will be challenging for Juventus and Real Madrid. A loan scheme with a purchase option can be a solution for all parties.
Laporte’s sales are believed to be used by Manchester City to complete the transfer of Harry Kane. So far, Tottenham Hotspur as the owner of the goal-hungry bomber still refuses their offer which is already very high.