Top 25 Arsenal players of the Premier League era - #19

Laurent Koscielny

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Long regarded as one of the top centre-backs in the Premier League, Laurent Koscielny could still climb further up this list in the years to come.

Since joining Arsenal in 2010 the France international has consistently been one of the team's best performers in an era where they have struggled to emulate the success of their predecessors from Arsene Wenger's earlier years.

Koscielny has still managed to win three FA Cup trophies in the past four years, though, and was part of the Arsenal side which finished as Premier League runners-up in 2015-16 - their best finish in more than a decade.

At the time of writing Koscielny has scored 22 goals in almost 300 appearances for the Gunners, with 17 of those coming in 213 Premier League outings.