Arsene Wenger hails Laurent Koscielny as one of the world’s best defenders

The 31-year-old committed his long-term future to the Gunners on Thursday by signing a new contract, along with fellow Frenchmen Olivier Giroud and Francis Coquelin, that will keep him at the club until 2020.

Koscielny arrived as an almost total unknown from Lorient back in 2010, but has matured into a commanding centre half who has become an integral member of both Arsenal and France’s defence