The Citizens are willing to pay Laporte`s clause

Josep Guardiola`s desire to attract another central defender could be realized very soon. According to the Spanish media, Manchester City`s leadership has decided to pay 60 million euros to Atletic Bilbao`s defender Aymeric Laporte. The 23-year-old Frenchman has a contract with Bilbao by 2020, but after Etihad dropped Virginie van Dijk, they decided they could pay Laporte`s clause, especially since the problems with the injuries of the captain Vincent Kompany do not come. Eliaquim Mangala certainly does not meet the expectations, so John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi can hardly be replaced in the center of defense. If the clause is really paid, then Laporte will become the second most expensive defender in the world after the mentioned Virgil Van Dijk.