Aymeric Laporte 完全にするs move to Manchester City on five-year 取引，協定
Aymeric Laporte has 完全にするd his club 記録，記録的な／記録する move from 運動競技の Bilbao to Manchester City, the 首相 League club have 発表するd.
The 23-year-old defender had been in discussions with City after Bilbao 確認するd on Monday that his buy-out 条項, believed to be around £57million, had been paid.
Laporte, a フラン Under-21 international, has 調印するd a five-year 契約 to play under Pep Guardiola at the Etihad Stadium.
Manchester City have 調印するd Aymeric Laporte from 運動競技の Bilbao (Adam Davy/Empics)
Laporte told the club’s website, ww.mcfc.com: “I am very happy to be here. City are a club with a lot of ambition and they are one of the best teams in Europe.
“I am looking 今後 to working under Pep Guardiola and trying to help the club to 達成する success.
“It means a lot that the club have shown 約束 in me and I am excited to get started.”
The 料金 paid （太陽，月の）食／失墜s the £54million City paid for Kevin De Bruyne in 2015 and also makes him the second-most expensive defender in the world after Liverpool’s £75million 調印 Virgil 先頭 Dijk.
John 石／投石するs and Nicolas Otamendi have formed a strong central 防御の 共同 this season but th e area was still identified as a problem position.
Vincent Kompany’s recurring fitness 問題／発行するs and the inconsistency of Eliaquim Mangala led to City, who were also linked with West Brom’s Jonny Evans, 捜し出すing 増強s.
City director of football Txiki Begiristain said: “We are delighted to have 調印するd Aymeric.
“We have 査定する／（税金などを）課すd 防御の 選択s and he is a player we have admired for a long time.
“With his 質 and ability to play out from the 支援する, we feel Aymeric will fit in perfectly with Pep Guardiola’s playing style.”
