Aymeric Laporte, a 29-year-old Spanish defender who after winning the Champions League with Manchester City chose to go to Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia, acknowledged that the move to Saudi football “is a big change.” “They haven't made it easy for us. In fact, there are many players who are dissatisfied,” he acknowledged in dialogue with the Madrid newspaper As.
He lamented that the Arabs “take everything lightly” and that “the ultimatum you can give them doesn't matter to them.” “You negotiate something and then they don't accept it after you have signed it. They fight you... It's a bit of a bummer that in Europe I don't know... Of course, the same thing that they take from you in that they give you in other aspects," he added.
“For my part, what I have seen is that they try to bring you in, but then there is the day to day life and that is different,” he commented. “They do take care of us, but not enough for my liking. That is to say, in Europe they pay you a good salary, but they take care of you much more,” he said.
Regarding a possible return to Europe, he said that he has not considered it yet, but he does not rule it out. “If I am disappointed in such a short time, you wonder what to do. That moment has not yet arrived, but looking to the future it could be if that dynamic continues like this,” he acknowledged.
“In terms of quality of life, I expected something different because in the end here you spend three hours a day in the car. Riyadh is a waste of traffic, of time wasted in the car,” he lamented.
