Gary Neville earmarked Manchester City's 2-0 win over Newcastle United as the moment they proved they would be Premier League champions.
06.05.2023 - 07:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Aymeric Laporte wants to continue winning trophies with Manchester City for 'as long as he can', despite finding himself on the fringes of the first team in recent weeks.
Laporte has struggled to displace John Stones and Ruben Dias in the centre of City's defence recently, with Manu Akanji and Nathan Ake playing well and making his route to regular games more difficult than ever. In the past, when Laporte hasn't played much, he has hinted at wanting to leave the club, and reports have suggested he could look for a summer transfer at the end of the season.
The Spain international has started just six of the last 24 games for City when he has been available, and has been an unused substitute for 13 of those games - even in the last week when Ake was absent with injury.
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Speaking ahead of the final five games of the Premier League season, however, as well as the Champions League semi-final with Real Madrid, Laporte declared his love for City and reinforced his desire to win trophies for the club.
“City for me is everything," he said. "I have only played for two clubs in my career. Athletic Bilbao, the team before City, I love this team too.
"They said to come here and since the first day I realised that it was something very special and I wanted to come here to win many, many trophies and make history with this club as long as I can.”
Laporte also lifted the lid on City's ambitions of winning the treble this season, noting that Erling Haaland has added a more clinical dynamic to the squad, and warning Real Madrid that the Blues are looking for revenge from last season's dramatic semi-final defeat.
"This team is a winning team and we
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