Aymeric Laporte pays ultimate compliment to Leo Messi

• Man City centre-back Aymeric Laporte has named Lionel Messi as his toughest career opponent.
• Actually, the Frenchman used just two emojis to encrypt the Barcelona‘s forward’s name when asked about the “best opponent/ toughest attacker to play against”.
• Laporte’s tweet can be read as “The GOAT from Argentina”.

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• In fact, Aymeric has never faced Leo with the Citizens but he’s very familiar with the 33-year-old’s talent from his spell at Athletic Bilbao between 2012 and 2018.