It has been reported that Atletico Madrid are now targeting a player Manchester City sold in the summer of 2023. Unlike Barcelona’s Ilkay Gundogan and Chelsea’s Cole Palmer, the likes of Aymeric Laporte and Riyad Mahrez — who also left City last summer — departed Europe in favour of moves to Al-Nassr and Al-Ahli respectively. Laporte and Mahrez became bit-part players during their final seasons at Manchester City. However, having also won the treble, perhaps the pair felt that after winning multiple Premier League titles, FA Cup and Carabao Cup trophies, it was the right time for them to bow o…
