Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte has revealed that he very nearly pursued a career in rugby ahead of football. But his father, who was a second division rugby player in Agen, urged him to take up a different sport. Laporte's decision to play football proved the right one, as he thrived with Athletic Bilbao and earned a big money move to City in January. "He didn’t want me to play rugby because it is very hard on the body," Laporte told the Daily Mail. "So I picked up my love for...
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