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#4 Aymeric Laporte
Gerard Pique and Javier Mascherano are past their prime. Pique is lacking consistency and is getting exposed against pacy forwards while Javier Mascherano is not being favoured by Ernesto Valverde. So, the Catalans need a good centre-back to play alongside Samuel Umtiti and Athletic Bilbao man, Aymeric Laporte is the perfect man Barcelona needs.
Barcelona prefers building their attack from the back. So a centre-back at Barca needs to have crisp passing ability. Laporte exactly does that and a 85% passing accuracy in the 2016-17 season justifies that.
Coming to his defensive abilities, he is rock solid in the backline with an average of 2.2 tackles and 2.3 interceptions per game. Currently aged 23 years, he can form a formidable defensive partnership with Samuel Umtiti for atleast the next 10 years.
He is already in plenty of demand for his defensive and passing abilities. Barcelona was heavily linked with Laporte during the summer transfer window and the deal was even said to be almost done. However, that never happened for unknown reasons. It is highly expected that Barcelona will sign this defender just after the transfer window begins and his arrival will end the defensive woes of the Blaugranas.
