French defender was pictured this morning with his partner Sara Botello leaving a Manchester city centre hotel on way to Etihad to finalise record move.City triggered the Athletic Bilbao defender’s £57million release clause, a fee that smashes the current club record of £55m shelled out to Wolfsburg for Kevin De Bruyne in 2015.
Laporte told the club website: “I am very happy to be here.
“City are a club with a lot of ambition and they are one of the best teams in Europe.
“I am looking forward to working under Pep Guardiola and trying to help the club to achieve success.
“It means a lot that the club have shown faith in me and I am excited to get
