Manchester City officially announced the record transfer

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Manchester City officially confirmed the transfer of central defender Eimerik Laporte, which became the most expensive purchase in the history of `citizens. `Already yesterday, Athletic Bilbao revealed that the franchise clause in the French contract was paid. Its amount is ? 57 million (EUR 65 million), which means that the 23-year-old Laporte`s transfer is two million more expensive than the previous record of Kevin de Bruyne, which was attracted to ? 55 million from Wolfsburg in 2015year. The Frenchman also became the second most expensive defender in football after Virginie van Dijk, for whom Liverpool recently paid ? 75m.

Laporte is the first addition of Josep Guardiola for this winter and his sixth season for the 2017/18 season. The player`s contract is until 2023. `I`m very happy to be here City is a great ambition club and one of the best teams in Europe I look forward to working with Pep Guardiola and trying to help the club succeed. For me it means a lot that my club from insider football websites has a vote of confidence, `said Laporte, who will play with No. 14 in Manchester City.

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