Laporte left Manchester City in the summer after five trophy-laden seasons after falling down the pecking order in defence under Pep Guardiola.
Pep Guardiola always tells a player that they can leave Manchester City if they want to go and can present the club with an acceptable offer. But Aymeric Laporte has questioned whether Guardiola actually sticks to that principle in practice.
Reflecting on the manner of his Etihad exit, Laporte claimed that he was not the only City player who didn't quite experience the transfer policy that allowed them to leave if they wanted to.ALSO READ: 'Trying to replace us' - Man City fans blast club over ticket price rises "I also made that decision for the moment, I think it was the right one, due to life circumstances and also because of my situation at City. I had been playing there for a long time, I had achieved almost everything and I had been playing for two years in a place that was not the position that I did not want to play."
"When a year, two years goes by and you do not play in the ideal place for you, it is a little frustrating because you do not show the best of yourself," he explained, adding that he intends to return to European football after his time in Saudi Arabia.
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