#2 Laurent Koscielny
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It’s almost hard to believe that the same guy who had only played one year of top flight football in France, and had his struggles early on for Arsenal, would more than six years later become one of the best defenders in the league.
The undoubted master of the interception in 2016, Koscielny has the enviable ability to turn defence into attack swiftly, and is now at the peak of his powers for both the Gunners and the French national side.
He should get even more credit for maintaining his impressive form as his central defensive partners for club and country kept being downed by the injury bug. Mertersacker, Gabriel, Holding, Varane, Sakho, Mathieu, Umtiti can all be thankful for the experience and composure the veteran has been able to provide.
In the new season he seems to have found an ideal dance partner in Mustafi, a connection that might finally break Arsenal’s unfortunate legacy of struggles at the back and deliver some major silverware back to north London.
More performances like Koscielny’s against Diego Costa in September would certainly make it a real possibility.
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