Four Manchester City players will line up in the Euro 2024 final, with three former Blues also involved for both England and Spain - including one of their best defenders of the Pep Guardiola era.
When Spain booked a place in the Euro 2024 final this weekend, it was a particularly sweet moment for one player in particular.
After spending six years at Bilbao, Laporte moved to Manchester City in 2018, having still not made his France debut. In 2015, facing the prospect of being overlooked for their Euro 2016 squad, he said he would consider switching international allegiances to Spain - a move welcomed by then-manager Julen Lopetegui.
“I could be a world champion but these are the decisions of the coach, who is not calling me for, I think, personal reasons, and I have to respect him.” Now a first-choice centre-back for Spain, with 34 caps to his name in three years, Laporte is 90 minutes from becoming a European Champion. If he did that, it would be fitting that he helped knock France out in the semi-finals, still managed by Deschamps.
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