Xhaka aims at special role at Arsenal

Granit Xhaka has spoken about the glamour of the captaincy of Arsenal amidst Koscielny’s protests against the club.

Speaking during Arsenal’s pre-season tour, Xhaka said: ‘It is not about the armband. We have to work well together on the pitch, out of the pitch and we have to work together, all of the players. ‘If the club and the coach gives me the armband I will be happy of course.

I will be very happy because it is something special. But it’s not my first time because I have been the captain here, I was before in Germany and the national team as well. ‘Our leadership improved last season but this is not something you can change in one day. You need time and in my opinion, we are on a good way to create something special in the team as well.’

On Arsenal’s captaincy situation, Emery said: ‘At the moment Koscielny has a contract with us but we’ll speak with the club and him about if he will continue or not. We have players with the capacity [to be captain], one is Granit, he was a captain in the dressing room. ‘We have others like Mesut, Nacho. There are other players who can take this position also. I want between three and five captains in the team.’

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