Laporte Explains why avoided fichar by Barça or City

The Athletic of Bilbao announced at the beginning of this week the renewal of Aymeric Laporte until 2020-by a season more-, going up the clause until the 65 million euros and increasing also the wage of the footballer until the near of 5 million euros by season. It is an inferior quantity to which offered him the Manchester City of Guardiola, but to the player would have weighed him more the heart that the wallet.

Laporte Had until does few days a clause of rescission of 50 million euros and that, by this price, so much FC Barcelona like Manchester City pretended to do with his rights of property. However, now both clubs have remained without the possible signing of the French, at least for this next market of signings 2016-17.

"The Athletic was the best for me to day of today, have him affection"

The main reason of the renewal is the enormous affection that has the central youngster French to the Athletic, the club that gave him the opportunity to plough a name in the international panorama, and that will not abandon in the short term, wanting to turn into all a legend between the "lions".

"It has been long to think and to choose the best option for me and have arrived to the conclusion that the Athletic was the best for me to day of today", commented the footballer through the official channels of the Basque entity, and "happy and very ilusionado" for following linked to the Athletic and have by in front still a lot of exciting challenges dress of rojiblanco.

The Athletic of Bilbao, that knows to retain very well to his stars or of the contrary take out a lot of million euros by his sales, has signed already the sixth professional agreement for Laporte in the three years and half that carries playing with the first team. A sample of confidence and, especially, of the incredible progression that has experienced the player, still lesionado and making exercises of rehabilitation.