Summoned a few times with France without ever having played, Aymeric Laporte (27) decided to change his sporting nationality and therefore to represent Spain. The defender was therefore called for the Euro with La Roja. A surprising choice for some, understandable for others who believe that Didier Deschamps has never counted on him favoring players like Lenglet or Kimpembe. What annoy Luis Fernandez, consultant on BeIN Sports.
“I didn’t like what he had the opportunity to do. I had been offered it and I had refused. When you take a nationality, when you are in a country and you start to work… There is disappointment, expectation, perhaps the feeling of being abandoned by Didier Deschamps and by the French selection. And also the disappointment of not having been able to catch up with the competition with Lenglet and Kimpembe. (…) Are you afraid of it? But no, you’re playing City! You could have had this character, this personality to say to yourself: “Lenglet and Kimpembe, I can be better than them”. “
