5 replacements for Laurent Koscielny in the France national team

#2 Aymeric Laporte

Laporte has impressed since signing for City in January

Manchester City's club record signing who arrived from Athletic Bilbao in January, Aymeric Laporte could go on to become one of the best centre-backs in the world by the time he hits his peak.

At 23 years of age, he has already appeared in excess of 250 top-flight games. As is typical of Guardiola's players, Laporte is excellent on the ball and his immaculate passing helps his teams play out from the back without any hitches.

His pace and agility help him deputise at left-back. Though he's not the greatest tackler of the ball, Laporte makes up for it with his positioning.

At 191 cms, he is reasonably tall and has the ability to win aerial balls is an added plus. Laporte's pass completion rate in the Premier League up until this point is a whopping 93%, which would be immensely impressive for a midfielder!

Guardiola has immediately made Laporte a better player and given that he has played his hand in City's title run, this would be the perfect time to integrate him into the France national team.