Arsenal secured the signing of Swiss
international Granit Xhaka from German Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach this summer.
The Premier League giants have already signed Swiss
international Granit Xhaka for their midfield roster this summer, who was impressive in the Euro 2016 tournament as well.
Having secured Swiss
international Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach, Japanese forward Takuna Asamo and Bolton Wanderers defender Rob Holding.
Such a role can be effectively played by Swiss
international Granit Xhaka.
Although some Arsenal fans and plenty of people in the football press have been hammering the Switzerland
international Granit Xhaka for his performance against Swansea City in which he was sent off for a tackle on Modou Barrow, the manager was quick to back his big summer signing.
The Swiss
international Granit Xhaka will have to wait a little longer for his next start in the Premier League, even though many Arsenal fans and football pundits thought his very impressive performance away to Nottingham Forest in the EFL cup this week would have convinced Arsene Wenger to start his expensive summer transfer.
According to The Sun, the player himself is keen on a move to the Emirates Stadium, while Arsene Wenger — who has also poached the Bundesliga for Borussia Monchengladbach's Swiss
international Granit Xhaka — is keen in adding Mkhitaryan to his increasing midfield options.
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But that is what Wenger did after the away defeat to Stoke City on Saturday, even though he did not use the name of
Granit Xhaka, because it was the Swiss
international who made the stupid mistake of giving the ball away under no real pressure that the boss spoke about in his post match comments reported by The Guardian.
It came to many fans surprise when Wenger decided to stick to his guns and continue to play Francis Coquelin ahead of summer signing
Granit Xhaka, despite the Swiss
international's great start to his Arsenal career.
While it is still very early in the Arsenal career of the Swiss
international midfield star
Granit Xhaka, the signs are good so far.
Then we have the midfield and the decision to stick with the struggling
Granit Xhaka despite the Swiss
international costing us the game at Stoke and almost doing the same at home to Leicester.
Granit Xhaka made a good impression when he arrived at Arsenal and looked very promising, although it was obvious that e needed to iron out his rash challengers and disciplinary problems, but now a year later he doesn't seem to have progressed at all, in fact many Arsenal fans have said he has gone backwards and have called for Wenger to play Ramsey with either Elneny or Wilshere instead of the Swiss
international.
He didn't though, and it was just as well because we needed our best players and especially the brilliance of Mesut Ozil to snatch a vital win, as the Germany
international provided the assist for
Granit Xhaka to score our first and start the fightback as well as scoring the winner in the dying minutes.
It's been suggested for quite a while now that
Granit Xhaka was set to sign for Arsenal this summer (via the BBC), but a leaked photoshoot of the Swiss
international in an Arsenal kit has surely now confirmed the news.
As for
Granit Xhaka, the Swiss
international is of course banned for three English competitive matches after he received a straight red card in last week's round of Premier League fixtures.
As for
Granit Xhaka, the Swiss
international is of course banned for three English competitive matches, which Arsenal mysteriously refused to appeal, after he received a straight red card in last week's round of Premier League fixtures.
It's unclear whether he had the chance to join the Swiss
international in North - London, or if he would have been an alternative option, but he is much the more experienced than
Granit, and could well have made the difference in our tough campaign.
Once again the Arsenal and Switzerland
international midfield star
Granit Xhaka showed the reckless side of his game by launching into a rash, clumsy and fangerous tackle after giving the ball away cheaply and he was punished with yet another red card to make this home game against Burnley a lot tougher than it should have been for the last half an hour.
Granit Xhaka has also been brought into our first - team, with the Swiss
international already proving his worth with a Man of the Match performance against Watford, and looks likely to be a future captain of our side, having proven to be a leader at Borussia Monchengladbach previously.
There have been a lot of Arsenal transfer rumours recently linking us with the summer signing of the Switzerland
international midfielder
Granit Xhaka from the German Bundesliga club Borussia Monchengladbach and so the manager was asked specifically about it.
Then we were hampered with the crazy sending off of
Granit Xhaka last week for a moment of madness from our Swiss
international.
There are quite a few positive factors to encourage Arsenal fans about the prospect of Arsene Wenger making the Spanish
international striker Nolito his second Arsenal transfer of the summer after
Granit Xhaka.
I may be wrong but I have a feeling that Arsene Wenger's decision to leave
Granit Xhaka on the bench for the thumping Champions League win over Ludogorets Razgrad was taken in part because of the red card the Swiss
international picked up last weekend against Swansea.
If the Arsenal starting line - up for the north London derby on Sunday does include the summer signing
Granit Xhaka, then do not be surprised if the Tottenham players try to wind the Swiss
international star up a bit, as the new Gunner does have a poor recent disciplinary record.
Many Gooners were hoping that our summer signing
Granit Xhaka would be the man to do it but it is fair to say that he has not really done so yet, although some will say that the boss has not given him enough chances, but he has turned to the Swiss
international in Santi's spot today, with Francis Coquelin to protect the back four and both Ramsey and Elneny on the bench.
The report claims that our Premier League rivals and current table toppers have made the first actual move towards a January signing but we have been linked with this talented 24 - year old and we do have his
international teammate
Granit Xhaka to put in a good word.
The Arsenal and Switzerland
international star
Granit Xhaka has already been given a lot of praise for his performances since he completed his summer transfer from the German Bundesaliga outfit Borussia Monchengladbach.
That issue was supposed to have been resolved by the signing of
Granit Xhaka for big money last summer, but despite some good performances, especially towards the end of last season, the Switzerland
international did not instantly settle in the Premier League after impressing in the German Bundesliga.
And this summer the boss spent bit to bring in the Swiss
international star
Granit Xhaka, but Le Coq is actually happy about that.
We are also speculated to be keen on
Granit Xhaka's
international team - mate Ricardo Rodriguez, but he has a $ 25 Million release clause which is more than the club appear willing to pay at present.
The Germany
international could certainly be an upgrade on someone like
Granit Xhaka in midfield for Arsenal, while Barcelona could perhaps also do with signing him as a long - term replacement for the ageing Andres Iniesta in the middle of the park.
The chances of Ricardo Rodriguez becoming an Arsenal player this summer and joining his Switzerland
international team mate
Granit Xhaka at the Emirates is looking stronger by the minute.
If the Arsenal transfer rumours are right then the Bayern Munich and Germany
international star Mario Gotze could soon be joining
Granit Xhaka in boosting the midfield options of the Gunners, despite some reports in the football media suggesting that Gotze might be rejoining his former manager Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool.
For weeks and months we have been seeing a lot of Arsenal transfer rumours suggesting that the first deal of the summer for Arsene Wenger could be the capture of the Switzerland
international midfield star
Granit Xhaka.
I had been worried that having
Granit Xhaka as the holding midfielder would be very risky as the Swiss
international does not seem to be defensively disciplined or focused enough at times.
The player most likely to replace him, apparently, is Ricardo Rodriguez, the Switzerland
international team mate of our new midfield star
Granit Xhaka.
I have definitely been happy with what I have seen from the Arsenal and Switzerland
international star
Granit Xhaka so far at Euro 2016, after the central midfielder followed his Man of the Match performance in the first game with another performance of real class in his second match against Romania yesterday.
Well it might have been a struggle for his national side in general, but at least the Arsenal and Switzerland
international midfield star
Granit Xhaka put on a strong performance in his first game of the Euro 2016 tournament and that is good news for the Arsenal fans keen to see what Arsene Wenger has added to the Arsenal squad with his first transfer of the summer.
It was not the least bit surprising that
Granit Xhaka, the highly sought after 19 - year - old Swiss
international, was the best central midfielder on the pitch.
Okay the Gunners paid over # 30 million to bring in the Swiss
international midfield star
Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach and he does look a proper player, but after that we only have a reported # 2 million swoop for the young Bolton centre back Rob Holding and the signing of the unheard of Japanese youngster who is not even allowed to play football in England.
It feels like a very long time since we Arsenal fans were getting excited and optimistic about the summer transfer window to come, with Arsene Wenger setting down an early marker with the big money signing of the Switzerland
international midfield star
Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach.
It looks like the impatient and increasingly worried ranks of Arsenal fans might not have to wait too much longer before we find out who will be Arsene Wenger's second signing of the summer after the Switzerland
international midfield star
Granit Xhaka.
Some like Francis Coquelin and Mesut Ozil were not involved at all and the likes of Aaron Ramsey,
Granit Xhaka and Mohamed Elneny only had one
international game to cope with.
I don't get to say this much, but we have almost a full squad of players fit to feature tonight, with only Santi Cazorla sidelined through injury, while
Granit Xhaka and Mohamed Elneny are out due to suspension and
international duty.
It looks like the Arsenal transfer rumours hitting the football media this week about the Borussia Monchengladbach and Switzerland
international midfield star
Granit Xhaka may well have been based on fact rather than the speculative guesswork we see so often during a transfer window.
It is lucky for the Arsenal fans, Arsene Wenger and especially the Swiss
international midfield star
Granit Xhaka that the Gunners were in fine flowing form yesterday, because I can only imagine what the backlash would have been like had Arsenal slipped to another away defeat or even just come back from Goodison Park with only a point.
To be fair I am not one of the Arsenal fans that have been left fuming and frustrated by the slow start
Granit Xhaka has made to life as a Gunner, or for that matter by the caution with which Arsene Wenger has introduced the Swiss
international to his new club.
There are a lot of fans that have been very unhappy with
Granit Xhaka in the centre, and now the Swiss
international is injured maybe we will see Coquelin playing more often in the Premier League.
Some Arsenal fans and football watchers did not have much sympathy for the Switzerland
international star
Granit Xhaka after he was shown his marching orders at the weekend by referee John Moss for a late and cynical tackle on the Swansea City player Modou Barrow.