MARCA: Laporte will be able to play the Euro Cup for the Spanish national team

Aymeric Laporte will play the EuroCup with Spain. Luis Enrique asked the leaders of the Spanish Football Federation weeks ago to study the possibility of probing the central Manchester City to appear on the list of summoned that will be made public, in principle, on May 21 although the coach manages the option of delaying it for a few days. The response of the former Athletic player was positive and the machinery was set in motion to achieve the O.K. from FIFA. There is still a final procedure from FIFA, but it is a formality and the most arid and complicated work has been done.Approved today in the Council of MinistersThis morning the nationalization of the central born in Agen was approved and that as soon as Lopetegui arrived at the national team he knew that Spain wanted him. In this sense, the Federation has had the absolute collaboration of José Manuel Franco, resident of the Higher Sports Council after the departure of Irene Lozano. Laporte’s nationalization will appear tomorrow in the National State Bulletin.Laporte has not played a game with the French senior team. Yes, he has done it with the lower categories, but as MARCA has learned, he meets all the requirements demanded by FIFA to be able to debut with the Spanish national team.The 26-year-old center-back has French and Spanish nationality and in case there was any doubt the Munir case ruling (he played with Spain and now he does it with Morocco) has cleared them up. Deschamps has made it clear that he does not have him, that he believes that his contest with the world champion is not necessary. Thus the Federation, with Rubiales and Molina at the head, has moved to get the approval of the finalist of the Champions League.So far this season, Laporte has played 27 games in all competitions with his team. The start of the campaign was not good for the former Athletic player. Some annoyances and testing positive for coronavirus took him away from the ownership he has recovered in the last Premier matches, not so in the Champions League, in which the pair of starting centrals have been Ruben Dias and Stones.The entry of Laporte increases the options in an area in which Sergio Ramos, Eric García, Pau Torres and Iñigo Martínez have been the fixed for Luis Enrique. With a list that will be between 23 and 26 players, the possibility that there are five centrals chosen for the Euro opens.