Manchester City pays Athletic Bilbao £57m release clause for Laporte
The Athletic Bilbao defender - yet to play a full worldwide for France - is set to cost £61.5m. He added: "Of course, even City - there are salaries we can not pay and there are budgets and transfers we can not pay". "Of course, we spend a lot money but it is the same money as a lot of other teams". The 23-year-old is set to break the club's current transfer record of £55m paid for Kevin De Bruyne back in 2015, according to the report on Sky Sports News .