Clearly, Medhi Benatia is well inspired during the transfer window. Newly inducted as director of Football at OM, the Marseille leader would have made several calls in order to strengthen Roberto De Zerbi's squad. And among them would be the name of Aymeric Laporte, teammate of Cristiano Ronaldo at Al-Nassr.
Aymeric Laporte did his classes atBayonne rowing before leaving France at the age of 16 toAthletic Bilbao where he completed his training and experienced his first seasons before winning all possible titles at Manchester City. However, the history of Laporte could have been completely different if several French training centers like that ofABOUT had decided not to fail him.
“I did several tests in France in clubs like Toulouse, Bordeaux, Marseille”
During an interview for Colinterview in February 2023, Aymeric Laporte gave the following speech on his unsuccessful tests at Olympique de Marseille, but not only that. “I have never played in France. I did several tests in France in clubs like Toulouse, Bordeaux, Marseille…”. Today contractually bound until June 2026 to Al–Nasr, Laporte can he leaveSaudi Arabia et Cristiano Ronaldo for theABOUT ?
“He tried Aymeric Laporte. He called him”
Director of FootballMarseille Olympic, Medhi Benatia reportedly made contact with the 30-year-old defender to talk to him about his plans for him atABOUT. “We are bringing out two names (Tel and Rashford), but Medhi Benatia has tried dozens of players as important as that. He tried Aymeric Laporte. He called him. He calls the players to sell them a project. Afterwards, it works or it doesn't work. But he tries.” revealed Loïc Tanzijournalist from The Teamduring his appearance on the show Greg's Team mardi.
