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title: "Man City: Fans want Aymeric Laporte to stay"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/man-city-aymeric-laporte-manchester-city-athletic-bilbao-premier-league-spain-portugal-france-pep-guardiola/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Manchester City Football Club"
published: "2021-06-05T16:35:23Z"
modified: "2021-06-05T16:35:23Z"
---

# Man City: Fans want Aymeric Laporte to stay

**Manchester City fans are desperate for Aymeric Laporte to stay at the club after his impressive performance for Spain against Portugal on Friday night.**

City signed Laporte from Athletic Bilbao for £57m in 2018 ([BBC](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42873612)), and he has proven to be a good signing for the club. During the 2018/19 campaign, he was particularly important, making 35 appearances in the Premier League ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aymeric-laporte/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/176553)) as the Citizens won the league by one point ahead of Liverpool ([footballdatabase.com](https://footballdatabase.com/league-scores-tables/england-premier-league-2018-19)).

Last term, he did not play as big of a role, and therefore has been linked with a move away from the Etihad Stadium ([mundodeportivo.com](https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20210531/494050003228/el-city-dispuesto-a-abrir-la-puerta-de-salida-a-laporte.html)).

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Born in France, £40.5m-valued Laporte ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aymeric-laporte/marktwertverlauf/spieler/176553)) has decided to play for Spain after continually been overlooked by Didier Deschamps. On Friday, he [made his debut for La Roja](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/aymeric-laporte-spain-portugal-friendly-63758428), and he helped his side keep a clean sheet, with one fan hailing his performance as a ‘masterclass’.

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The City fans were delighted with his display, and they urged him to stay at the club as a result. They took to social media platform Twitter to share their thoughts.

### **Let’s see what the fans had to say about Laporte below**

**“Great game aymeric, hope u stay and prove evryone wrong in our team”**

Credit: [@mcityfanpranesh](https://twitter.com/mcityfanpranesh/status/1401008120818651138)

**“Laporte masterclass on international debut… we can’t let him leave”**

Credit: [@NoContextSammm](https://twitter.com/NoContextSammm/status/1400907433845870594)

**“He needs to start with Dias next season”**

Credit: [@McfcNathan0](https://twitter.com/McfcNathan0/status/1400893831353192448)

**“mannn we cant let laporte go.”**

Credit: [@ManchesterBleu](https://twitter.com/ManchesterBleu/status/1400894812740632583)

**“hope he stays he’s better than stones”**

Credit: [@MedAmineKarray](https://twitter.com/MedAmineKarray/status/1400893745554415621)

**“Can’t let him go, need to get a run of games under his belt with Dias”**

Credit: [@FletchMcfc](https://twitter.com/FletchMcfc/status/1400894629587922945)

***In other news, [Man City fans want to sign this Serie A midfielder this summer.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-transfer-rumours/man-city-manchester-city-pep-guardiola-manuel-locatelli-etihad-stadium/)***