Get the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox Aymeric Laporte may have been glad that the pandemic forced the postponement of several World Cup qualifiers outside Europe.
The Manchester City defender has often cut a lonely figure during international breaks, due to being persistently – and ridiculously – ignored by France coach Didier Deschamps.
But this time, Laporte has been training with six or seven of his senior Blues colleagues, as well as a group from the elite development squad.
And that means Pep Guardiola has a strong group of stars who had a few days off at the start of the international fortnight and have since been training ahead of the return to domestic action at Leicester on
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