Deschamps: Spain courting Laporte

Didier Deschamps has hinted that Spain are courting Athletic Bilbao’s French-born defender Aymeric Laporte.

The 21-year-old is understood to be considering switching his international allegiance to Spain from France after continuing to elude a senior call-up, with 30-year-old Loic Perrin being elected to replace the injured Mamadou Sakho, but the Coach insists he will not select players in a bid to fend off interest from other countries.

“Laporte? I’ve treated him the same as everyone else,” he told reporters.

“I won’t call anyone up just because they’re being courted by another national team.

“It’s a similar case to [Giannelli] Imbula. The same thing happened with him [switching from France to Belgium].”

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