{"id":94305,"date":"2023-08-24T15:08:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T15:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/aymeric-laporte-joins-al-nassr-from-man-city\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T15:08:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T15:08:13","slug":"aymeric-laporte-joins-al-nassr-from-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/aymeric-laporte-joins-al-nassr-from-man-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Aymeric Laporte joins Al Nassr from Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"487\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-24-142903-696x487.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot 2023-08-24 142903\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Spain defender Aymeric Laporte has left Manchester City to join Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr in a deal worth 27.5m euros (\u00a323.6m).<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old\u00a0joined City from Athletic Bilbao\u00a0in January 2018 for a then club record \u00a357m.<\/p>\n<p>He helped City win 12 major honours but made just 24 appearances as the Blues won the Treble last season.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0goodbye message on social media,\u00a0Laporte thanked fans and team-mates for an \u201cunforgettable\u201d time at the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has lasted five-and-a-half unforgettable years. Plenty of memories that I will keep forever close to my heart,\u201d said Laporte.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom trophies to setbacks, victories to injuries, it\u2019s all been part of my journey, and I\u2019m grateful for absolutely every moment that shaped me into who I am today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an honour and a pleasure to wear these colours and I hope you will remember me in a good way. I will always be a City fan and I look forward to seeing you all again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laporte made 180 appearances for City in total, scoring 12 goals, but he found opportunities limited last season.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Pep Guardiola opted to use defenders Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake more often, and\u00a0City spent \u00a377m to bring in Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol\u00a0earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAymeric has been an excellent player for Manchester City during a great time for the club,\u201d said City\u2019s director of football Txiki Begiristain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe fit into the team seamlessly upon arrival in 2018 and played a key role in many of our successes over the years that followed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe form of the other defenders in the squad made it hard for him to find sufficient game time in 2022-23 and we respect his decision to seek a move elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laporte switched his international allegiance from France to Spain in May 2021 and already has 22 caps, helping them win the Uefa Nations League final in June.<\/p>\n<p>He is the latest high-profile player to move to Al Nassr, joining Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Marcelo Brozovic, Alex Telles and Seko Fofana at the club.<\/p>\n<p>They are one of four Saudi Pro League clubs to be taken over by Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund (PIF) in June, the others being Al-Ittihad, Al-Hilal and Al-Ahli.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Laporte\u2019s former City team-mate Riyad Mahrez joined Al-Ahli in a deal worth up to \u00a330m, while Karim Benzema, N\u2019Golo Kante, Ruben Neves and Neymar are among other footballers to move to Saudi Arabia 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=\"LFQuofOsw2o\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Corporate Social Responsibility: Presidential Advisor on SDGs urges businesses to give back(24-8-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LFQuofOsw2o?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>Spain defender Aymeric Laporte has left Manchester City to join Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr in a deal worth 27.5m euros (\u00a323.6m). The 29-year-old\u00a0joined City from Athletic Bilbao\u00a0in January 2018 for a then club record \u00a357m. He helped City win 12 major honours but made just 24 appearances as the Blues won the Treble [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Aymeric Laporte joins Al Nassr from Man City - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/aymeric-laporte-joins-al-nassr-from-man-city\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aymeric Laporte joins Al Nassr from Man City - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spain defender Aymeric Laporte has left Manchester City to join Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr in a deal worth 27.5m euros (\u00a323.6m). 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