Five defenders who can replace Vincent Kompany at Manchester City

#1: AYMERIC LAPORTE (ATHLETIC BILBAO)

Laporte is a starter for Athletic Bilbao at 21

There’s a good reason why both Barcelona and Real Madrid in Spain, and most of the top teams in the Premier League are keeping an eye on Athletic Bilbao’s Aymeric Laporte. City boss is also rumoured to be a keen admirer of the 21-year-old Bilbao defender.

Awareness, passing accuracy, the ability to bring the ball out of defence calmly and strong aerial ability, Aymeric Laporte has all the abilities to be a starter at Manchester City. He had an average of 1.7 tackles and 1.9 interceptions per game in 33 games last season. Guardiola would certainly relish such an experienced young talent.