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Laporte: France is where my heart is

Aymeric Laporte admits he could still consider playing for Spain in future but is adamant France is his first choice.

Aymeric Laporte has underlined his desire to represent France at senior level but cannot rule out turning his allegiance to Spain.

The Athletic Bilbao center back, a regular for the France Under-21 side, has yet to earn a cap for Didier Deschamps' senior team despite his impressive rise to prominence in La Liga.

Deschamps opted to call-up Loic Perrin to replace the injured Mamadou Sakho in his latest squad and stated he would not hand Laporte a spot simply to avoid the risk of him playing for Spain.