5 reasons why Aymeric Laporte could prove to be the best January signing

#1 City move a step closer to being a container

The water controller

The way Manchester City are playing now is just a silhouette of the vision of Pep Guardiola. The Catalan envisages a unit that is capable of razing teams with togetherness. The system that he wants is like a container that holds water.

He wants control throughout the pitch and the signing of Laporte puts Manchester City one step closer to achieving this. The fact that every player in the best XI of City are good ball-players makes it easy for them to control the water—or, in other words, the ball.

From goalkeeper Ederson to striker Gabriel Jesus, every player in the team is good with the ball at their feet. They only lacked another ball-playing defender with astute game-reading abilities—and now they have that in Aymeric Laporte.

The thing is, once City play entirely according to Pep’s vision, they could very well become the best team in the world. And since acquiring Laporte takes them closer to that, he could be the best signing of the window.