Aymeric Laporte’s future at Manchester City is allegedly up in the air, and Chelsea have enquired about him.
This quote is from journalist Rudy Galetti, who was chatting with GiveMeSport about the £57.2 million (Guardian) man’s potential departure from the Etihad Stadium.
Chelsea appears to be looking into the possibilities of acquiring Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte at this time.
With City leave rumors, Chelsea inquires about the Aymeric Laporte transfer scenario.
According to a recent rumor, the Spanish international was ‘frustrated’ at City because he had dropped to the bottom of the center-back hierarchy and was considering leaving the team.
The 29-year-old started just 11 Premier League games last season and was described as “aggressive” by Eric Garcia via Barça Blaugranes.
Rudy Galetti has now provided some explanation as to why Chelsea is attempting to conclude a move for Aymeric Laporte from City.
“Aymeric Laporte is one of the names Chelsea has on its list of potential reinforcements for this summer. There have been no recent discussions. Chelsea wants to bolster other positions, but in recent weeks, the Blues have asked for information on him.
He might be up for sale from Manchester City to the Blues.
Manchester City might find that Chelsea is the sole potential bidder for Aymeric Laporte, much like it was the case when Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko were sold to Arsenal.
In the end, even top teams have begun to consider the possibility of selling players to one another due to the Premier League’s financial strength relative to other European leagues.
The triple winners would prefer to sell a player of Laporte’s caliber to another European super club.
However, it might be easier said than done, and given how far ahead City is of Chelsea, trading them a world-class defender wouldn’t jeopardize their chances of competing for any big awards.