that’s it Aymeric Laporteat 29 years old and later crowned Triplet champion at City of Manchesteris playing in the Arab Saudi Pro League is something difficult to understand.
Although in the summer there were rumors of his possible return to Athletic Clubthe Spanish-French central defender finally decided to sign for Al-Nasr of Cristiano Ronaldothus following in the footsteps of other cracks like Sadio Mané, Marcelo Brozovic either Seko Fofanaone of the great revelations of the last Ligue 1.
A move that, in the eyes of many, put his place in the Spanish team in jeopardy, where since his nationalization in 2021 he has been a fixture, both for Luis Enrique for Luis de la Fuentewho chose to see the glass as half full after confirming his departure from Saudi Arabia.
“We are alert that there could be a global change in football and this movement of players to the East is becoming a norm and becoming a more competitive league. “Laporte is performing at an important level and has more minutes than at City, so he is in better form,” said the national coach when asked about the new reality of the former ‘Citizen’, who last season was the fifth center in the rotation. Pep Guardiola after Ruben Dias, Stones, Akanji and Ake.
That’s a trust Laporte He responded on the pitch, played everything perfectly from then on and became the leader of La Roja’s defense. In the view of Norwayhe again shared an axis with his countryman Robin Le Normand and he achieved what seemed impossible on many occasions: to stop his former colleague Erling Haaland.
The Scandinavian ‘Cyborg’, who, barring a miracle, will once again watch a great competition of the national team from the sofa, started by threatening Le Normandwho got a yellow card midway through the first half, but couldn’t handle it Laportethat hero intercepted on the only occasion where Haaland He held the cannon dangerously on his left leg. An action with a goal value that allowed the break to be tied at zero.
After going through the locker room, with David Garcia as a companion, Laporte continued around a Haaland which diluted as the minutes passed. A superb performance in which he proved himself right From the origin and showed that he is still, by far, the best central defender available for Spain.
Source: La Verdad
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