Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte wants to leave the club at the end of the season, the Catalan media reports today.
Outlet Mundo Deportivo writes that as the 28-year-old is not having much playing time under Pep Guardiola, he’s eyeing a new destination for the next season.
Laporte only has 15 appearances in all competitions for Manchester City this season, and already has his people speaking to another club about his future. That club is Barcelona, who are said to be keen on his signing, and work to try to make the operation possible.
The Camp Nou side are said to be worried about Financial Fair Play and the costs this signing would have, but already have their team acting for the signing.
Mundo Deportivo sound very sure about Laporte’s wish, claiming his ‘dream’ is to join Barcelona in the summer.
Now what should be key in this situation is how Manchester City will react to that, given that the defender has a contract running until 2025. The story claims the operation is only feasible if the English club let him go for an ‘assumable amount’ for Barça, and that’s a story which has been repeating itself for a while now.
