Sources: PSG in hunt to sign Man City star Aymeric Laporte amid £40m offer reveal
Aymeric Laporte is a target for Paris Saint-Germain with a Man City exit possible this summer, sources have told Football Insider.
Those with knowledge of the 28-year-old’s situation have revealed that he won’t be short of suitors if he moves on – but he is likely to move away from the Premier League.
Football Insider revealed on Monday (27 March) that City are unwilling to strengthen their rivals in England by allowing Laporte to join them during the off-season.
Laporte is no longer part of Pep Guardiola’s first-choice centre-back partnership and it is believed that he will look for a new club at the end of the season.
The Spain international has started just six Premier League games this season – playing fewer minutes than all of his fellow centre-backs at Man City.
The Citizens are likely to take a loss on the reported £57.2million fee they paid Athletic Club to sign Laporte in 2018.
Football Insider revealed earlier this month (9 March) that Man City’s asking price for the defender is around the £40million mark.
Guardiola’s side have been linked with a potential move for 21-year-old RB Leipzig superstar Josko Gvardiol- and selling Laporte would raise funds for that transfer.
Laporte, who earns a reported wage of £120,000-a-week at the Etihad Stadium, is under contract at the club until June 2025.
The France-born defender has won four Premier League titles during his time at the club – but has been displaced in the side after the 2022 signing of Manuel Akanji.
If Laporte is to succeed in winning a fifth title, Guardiola’s side must make up an eight-point deficit to leaders Arsenal with 11 games left to play.
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