For me if it's a choice between Laporte and Maguire I'd rather have the latter, already knows the league, has respect for the club from what I gather, English international, similar age, taller, stronger and more physical.
Then again that's assuming Leicester will sell to us, I wonder if there has been any contact between our clubs on the matter. It might be similar to Fred and Seri situation with a first and second choice which is smart and has me wondering why we haven't heard of City having first and second choice targets in past transfer windows much(seemed to be get our top target or nothing).