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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20171194" data-attributes="member: 158020">Laporte has not said he wants to leave - Urrutia <img src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/omnisport/b5/94/aymericlaporte-cropped_15mwsoqfasc9s1baz6boqx6v8t.jpg?t=-875460628&w=620&h=430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Athletic Club president Josu Urrutia has insisted Aymeric Laporte has not asked to leave the La Liga side amid interest from Manchester City. The Premier League side are reportedly ready to make Laporte - under contract until 2019 with a €50 million buyout clause - one of Pep Guardiola's first singings ahead of next season, despite the French centre-back still recovering from a broken leg and dislocated ankle.But Urrutia denied the 21-year-old is seeking a move away from San Mames. Urrutia added: "The way the club works is to give as few clues as possible and work discretely."Neither Laporte nor any other player has told me he wants to leave Athletic," Urrutia said."In these five years I think the message Athletic has put out is that we are not a selling club. "With Laporte, or whoever, we treat them so they feel important and valued. He knows he's important for the coach, that his team-mates value him, the fans love him and the board are enamoured with him."</blockquote>

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