Manchester City: Aymeric Laporte says goodbye ahead of Saudi move

Spaniard goes to Al-Nassr

While Manchester City celebrated the extension with Bernardo Silva (29) on Wednesday evening, another longtime Skyblues professional said goodbye. Aymeric Laporte (29), who is about to move to Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, addressed emotional words to the club and fans. He should arrive at his new club in Riyadh on Thursday. He is said to have completed the medical check on Wednesday in Dubai.

“Five and a half unforgettable years, many memories that will always be cherished in my heart,” Laporte wrote. The central defender made 180 competitive games for Man City after his €65 million move from Athletic Bilbao in 2018. Of his memories, the French-born Spaniard continued: “It’s always easy to think about the good things: the trophies, the wins, the goals, the tackles and the big fights in the Premier League. But I will also remember the bad ones: the injuries and absences, the defeats and the mistakes I might have made.”

The top additions to the Saudi Pro League 2023 with Neymar & Co.

Henry Onyekuru | Adana Demirspor -> Al Fayha | Market value: €5.5 million

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Transfer fee: €3.2 million
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Fashion Sakala | Glasgow Rangers -> Al Fayha | Market value: €5.5 million

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Transfer fee: €4.65 million

Mathias Norman | FC Rostov -> Al-Raed | Market value: €6 million

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Agustin Rossi | Boca Juniors -> Al Nassr | Market value: €7 million

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Rental fee: €1.2 million

Lucas Zelarayán | Columbus -> Al-Fateh | Market value: €7 million

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Transfer fee: €2.75 million

Alex Telles | Man United -> Al Nassr | Market value: €7.5 million

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Transfer fee: €7 million

Hassan Tambakti | Al-Shabab -> Al-Hilal | Transfer fee: €11.5 million

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Market value: €2 million

Moussa Dembele | Lyon -> Al Ettifaq | Market value: €12 million

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Jordan Henderson | Liverpool -> Al Ettifaq | Transfer fee: €14 million

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Market value: €10 million

N’Golo Kante | Chelsea -> Ittihad Club | Market value: €15 million

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Habib Diallo | RC Strasbourg -> Al-Shabab | Market value: €18 million

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Transfer fee: €18 million

Roberto Firmino | Liverpool -> Al Ahli | Market value: €18 million

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Edouard Mendy | Chelsea -> Al Ahli | Transfer fee: €18.5 million

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Market value: €12 million

Merih Demiral | Atalanta -> Al-Ahli | Transfer fee: €20 million

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Market value: €20 million

Cristiano Ronaldo | Clubless -> Al-Nassr | Market value: €20 million

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bono | Sevilla FC -> Al Hilal | Transfer fee: €23 million

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Market value: €12 million

Kalidou Koulibaly | Chelsea -> Al Hilal | Transfer fee: €23 million

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Market value: €15 million

Karim Benzema | Real Madrid -> Ittihad Club | Market value: €25 million

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Franck Kessie | Barca -> Al-Ahli SFC | Market value: €25 million

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Transfer fee: €12.5 million

Marcelo Brozovic | Inter -> Al-Nassr | Market value: €25 million

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Transfer fee: €18 million

iota | Celtic -> Ittihad Club | Transfer fee: €29.1 million

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Market value: €25 million

Roger Ibanez | Roma -> Al Ahli | Market value: €30 million

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Transfer fee: €28.5 million

Sadio Mané | Bavaria -> Al-Nassr | Transfer fee: €30 million

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Market value: €25 million

Seko Fofana | RC Lens -> Al-Nassr | Market value: €32 million

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Transfer fee: €19 million

Allan Saint Maximin | Newcastle -> Al-Ahli | Market value: €32 million

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Transfer fee: €27.2 million

Riyadh Mahrez | Man City -> Al Ahli | Transfer fee: €35 million

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Market value: €20 million

Fabino | Liverpool -> Ittihad Club | Transfer fee: €46.7 million

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Market value: €42 million

Sergej Milinković-Savić | Lazio -> Al Hilal | Market value: €50 million

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Transfer fee: €40 million

Aleksandar Mitrovic | Fulham -> Al Hilal | Transfer fee: €53 million

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Market value: €28 million

Ruben Neves | Wolves -> Al-Hilal | Transfer fee: €55 million

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Market value: €40 million

Malcolm | Zenith -> Al-Hilal | Transfer fee: €60 million

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Market value: €30 million

Otavio | Porto -> Al-Nassr | Transfer fee: €60 million

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Market value: €30 million

Neymar | PSG -> Al Hilal | Transfer fee: €90 million

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Market value: €60 million

The fact that Laporte (contract until 2025) could leave the “Citizens” this summer is not surprising, because the treble winner currently has seven central defenders with a total market value of 325 million euros in his ranks. Even before the €90m transfer of Josko Gvardiol (21), who is left-footed like Laporte, the Spanish international only made 24 appearances in the most valuable squad in the world in 2022/23, twelve of them in the Premier League. As a result, its market value fell from EUR 45 million to EUR 25 million.

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