Manchester City defender, Aymeric Laporte has said that his continued omission from the French National team is baffling and frustrating.
The defender has become a first team player under Pep Guardiola at Manchester City alongside John Stones.
Even with this, the former Atletic defender is yet to receive a call up for the National team. This has led the defender to speculate that perhaps there is a personal vendetta against him.
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When asked, he said: “That question only has one answer: there is a coach and he doesn’t call me, so I need to wait, to keep working and that’s it.
“Of course I don’t think it’s because of a sporting issue, you’d have to ask him personally, I don’t have anything personal against him, but if someone has a problem it’s him and not me.
“I could be a world champion… but these are the decisions of the coach, who is not calling me for, I think, personal reasons, and I have to respect him.
“I’m not going to call him. Why? To slam him? No, obviously not. I’m still working in the club, playing at the highest level for this kind of thing [an international call-up]… the only person who can solve this is the coach,” he added.
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