THE UNMOVABLE MAN
The Aymeric Laporte Story A Defender's Journey Across Two Nations, Two Trebles, and One Unshakeable WillBy REGINALD A. ROSCOE
Length2h 9m
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THE UNMOVABLE MAN
The Aymeric Laporte Story
Few defenders ever get asked to choose a country. Fewer still answer that question by winning everything there is to win for the one they chose.
Aymeric Laporte grew up in a rugby town that had no time for football and left home at sixteen to chase it anyway, crossing into Basque Country to join an academy that almost never let outsiders in. What followed was a career built the hard way: years in Spain's lower divisions before a single senior minute, a tactical education under Marcelo Bielsa, a club-record move to Manchester City, and a starring role in one of English football's greatest-ever seasons.
Then came the decision that defined everything after it. In 2021, Laporte turned his back on the French national team that had raised him through its youth ranks and chose to play for Spain instead the country that had actually made him the footballer he became. It was a choice that invited doubt, question marks, and years of public scrutiny.
He answered all of it on the pitch: a European Championship in Berlin. A World Cup semifinal against the very nation of his birth. A World Cup final lifted as a champion.
The Unmovable Man is the story of a defender who never needed the spotlight to prove his worth a career built on patience, reinvention, and the quiet conviction of a man who let his football do the talking, from a childhood in Agen to the top of the football world.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Other
Length2 hrs 9 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter 1: A Boy from Agen
3Chapter 2: The Basque Test: Leaving Home at Sixteen
4Chapter 3: Basconia and the Long Apprenticeship
5Chapter 4: Breaking Through Under Bielsa
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6Chapter 5: Becoming a Cornerstone at San Mames
7Chapter 6: The Big Move: A Club-Record Fee to Manchester City
8Chapter 7: Learning Guardiola’s Language
9Chapter 8: Champions of England: The Historic Treble
10Chapter 9: The Injury That Tested Him
11Chapter 10: Choosing La Roja: The Allegiance Switch
12Chapter 11: Euro 2020: A New Shirt, an Old Rival
13Chapter 12: Four Premier League Titles and a Second Treble
14Chapter 13: Qatar 2022: Carrying Spain’s Defense
15Chapter 14: The Unexpected Turn: Al-Nassr and the Saudi Chapter
16Chapter 15: Berlin, 2024: Champions of Europe
17Chapter 16: Coming Home: Return to Athletic Bilbao
18Chapter 17: Facing France: The 2026 World Cup
19Chapter 18: Conclusion: What the Quiet Ones Leave Behind
20Author’s Note on Sources
21Acknowledgments
22About the Author
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