Granit Xhaka

[Highbury Hillbilly]

Any way you look at him, he doesn't fit any position. He is not a box to box midfielder he doesn't have the legs. He is shit defensively so not a DM. He doesn't have the range of passing or speed of thought to be a DLP. So what the hell is he ??

Popular with his teammates and match fit for 90-95% of the season. That's enough to make him a guaranteed starter.

[Salibatelli]

Any way you look at him, he doesn't fit any position. He is not a box to box midfielder he doesn't have the legs. He is shit defensively so not a DM. He doesn't have the range of passing or speed of thought to be a DLP. So what the hell is he ??

Popular with his teammates and match fit for 90-95% of the season. That's enough to make him a guaranteed starter.

Pretty much, a sad reflection of expectations at Arsenal, you don’t need to be any good, just fit much of the time and liked.

[elkanofan]

We have still only won 1 yes ONE game in he league this season without Xhaka.

[Salibatelli]

He’s still awful and needs to be sold, we’ve been awful this season with or without him.

[Highbury Hillbilly]

We have still only won 1 yes ONE game in he league this season without Xhaka.

He starts most of our games, so we've lost a bunch of them with him too. He can't defend or dictate the tempo of play. He wouldn't have impacted anything today.

[alexafc12]

Back in full training !

Mikel Arteta. He's done it again !

[Jedi]

Back in full training !

Massive. We're way worse without him in the team.

[VCC]

Back in full training !

Massive. We're way worse without him in the team.

Great we will be shit instead of absolute shit

[Highbury Hillbilly]

Glad to have our backup CB back. Only way Luiz doesn't get a one-year extension.

[Ach]

Great news.

[Salibatelli]

Can’t believe this guy is back already, when players like Xhaka are mainstays in your team you know you’re a rubbish team.

[Nuggets]

Back in full training !

Mikel Arteta. He's done it again !

Arteta the Legend. At least Arteta is sorting out the defence.

[Santi]

Back in full training !

Massive. We're way worse without him in the team.

As much as he'll always be a c***, this is unfortunately true. Our lack of quality in midfield is shocking.

[coach8smallball]

Back in full training !

Massive. We're way worse without him in the team.

As much as he'll always be a c***, this is unfortunately true. Our lack of quality in midfield is shocking.

and our spot in 10th represents that well i'm afraid.

[Angelito]

If we venture into the Italian market alone, we will find two players who have world class potential and could change the game for us at midfield: Tonali and Barella.

Unfortunately, Inter want Tonali. And Barella is already known enough to warrant a big fee relative to his experience.

While Tonali is likened to Pirlo, Barella is more like Scholes except more versatile.

But we are busy spending close a £100m on Soares, Luiz, and Mari, so who has the time and resources, eh?

So Xhaka, it is.