Laporte & # 39; Jealous & # 39; after seeing France win the World Cup

New York: Aymeric Laporte says he is "jealous" to see France win the World Cup while his international showdown with Spain continues.

The Manchester City defender, 74.9 million dollars is of Basque origin and qualifies for the Spanish residency after spending eight years at Athletic Bilbao, represented Les Bleus at the youth level, but did not manage to make a senior appearance

Now, the new Spanish director Luis Enrique is eager to join his team. the Euro 2020 qualifiers.
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Two years ago, in Bilbao, Laporte was pressed by the Spanish manager of the time, Julen Lopetegui, to explore the possibility of changing nationalities.
He was later called by France and declared his intentions to play for the country of his birth. According to a report published in Mundo Deportivo this week, the failure to find a place in Deschamps' plans has prompted him to change his mind.

Spain's disappointment at the World Cup and the search for a ball The defender will eventually replace Sergio Ramos and Gerard Pique has intensified the move for Laporte.

Aymeric declined to comment on his international future when he was questioned about Spanish reports during the pre-season tour of City in the United States.

But the 24-year-old acknowledged that he had conflicting emotions when watching France win the World Cup.

"It was jealousy to be honest," he told reporters. That's how it happens in football, it was not a surprise to me that I was not involved, I was not in the team previous that had been named without me.

"But that was still a little Disa Laporte, who missed Friday's loss to Borussia Dortmund in Chicago due to injury, knows that dislodging Samuel Umtiti and Raphael Varane will be difficult and under Pep Guardiola, he can become the elegant half-center Spanish.

"I really spent six months here," he added. "It was a big change – a perfect move for me. "

" Pep is the best manager in the world, he always seeks to help me get better and improve my game. "He asks yes but it's not scary – this is Is a style of play that I really like and I think I can improve and that the team can play like that.I am comfortable with what 's up with. he asks me to do. "

City, meanwhile, will complete the free signing of PSG midfielder Claudio Gomes.

The highly regarded French youth has been coaching with the Guardiola team but the club He wanted to wait until he was 18 years old to finalize the move and avoid the bureaucracy that accompanies the signing of 39, a player under 18 years of age.

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