Football Soccer - Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona - Spain King's Cup- San Mames stadium, Bilbao, Spain - 20/01/16 Athletic Bilbao's Aymeric Laporte (R) and Barcelona's Neymar da Silva in action. REUTERS/Vincent West
(Reuters) - French central defender Aymeric Laporte has pledged his immediate future to Athletic Bilbao after signing a new four-year contract at the La Liga club.
The under-21 international had been strongly linked with a move to Premier League side Manchester City by the Spanish and English media but the 22-year-old has opted to remain in Bilbao.
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