{"id":92261,"date":"2023-08-16T14:11:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T14:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/16\/man-city-accept-aymeric-laporte-transfer-bid-from-al-nassr\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T14:11:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T14:11:28","slug":"man-city-accept-aymeric-laporte-transfer-bid-from-al-nassr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/16\/man-city-accept-aymeric-laporte-transfer-bid-from-al-nassr\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City accept Aymeric Laporte transfer bid from Al-Nassr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/130812485_gettyimages-1596812833-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"_130812485_gettyimages-1596812833\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aymeric Laporte was an unused substitute for this year&#8217;s Community Shield and came off the bench late on during City&#8217;s Premier League opener at Burnley<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manchester City have accepted an undisclosed offer from Al-Nassr for Spain defender Aymeric Laporte.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old made 43 starts during 2021-22 but coach Pep Guardiola used Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake more often during City\u2019s Treble-winning season.<\/p>\n<p>City then spent \u00a377m to bring in another left-sided defender this summer in\u00a0Croatia\u2019s Josko Gvardiol, 21.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Laporte could join the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Marcelo Brozovic and Alex Telles at Al-Nassr.<\/p>\n<p>City signed Laporte, who\u00a0switched his international allegiance\u00a0from France to Spain in 2021, from Athletic Bilbao in January 2018 for \u00a357m,\u00a0then a club record fee.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola had taken charge of City 18 months earlier, and Laporte\u2019s ability to play the ball out from defence helped the team win the Premier League title five times in the last six seasons.<\/p>\n<p>He made 51 appearances in 2018-19 and 44 in 2021-22 before the arrivals of Ake and Akanji lessened both his influence and playing time.<\/p>\n<p>Laporte has made a total of 180 appearances for the club, scoring 12 goals, and has 22 caps for Spain, helping them win the Uefa Nations League final in June.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Nassr signed five-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0in December and they became one of\u00a0four Saudi Pro League clubs to be taken over by Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund (PIF)\u00a0in June, the others being Al-Ittihad, Al-Hilal and Al-Ahli.<\/p>\n<p>The club followed up the signing of Ronaldo by\u00a0bringing in the likes of Mane,\u00a0Brozovic, Telles and Seko Fofana this summer.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"JPtABvJOMKQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam on Adom TV (16-08-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JPtABvJOMKQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aymeric Laporte was an unused substitute for this year&#8217;s Community Shield and came off the bench late on during City&#8217;s Premier League opener at Burnley Manchester City have accepted an undisclosed offer from Al-Nassr for Spain defender Aymeric Laporte. 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