I miss Granit. So happy for him where he is now though. Real character.

Bayern Leverkusen offered him a four year contract with a promise of youth coach role when he retires! Literally he’s guaranteed a job for life at Bayern Leverkusen. Arsenal couldn’t match it. He was made this offer in January 2023 transfer window! Although he was offered a lot more money with a two year deal and one year option at Arsenal, he would have been a fool to turn Bayern offer down! He had a year left on his contract. So with no hope of extending his contract Arsenal had to let him go. At least we got over £25 million with all the add ons which have already been met!! One thing fan’s didn’t realise was that Arteta was willing to let Partey go to keep Xhaka! Xhaka was very reliable, Partey isn’t with his injury issues. That’s why Xhaka transfer was delayed till August. It had nothing to do with Rice deal. Arsenal was in discussion with a Saudi football club about Partey , but he decided to stay!

I think the main reason in the end was that Xhaka couldn't play his favorite role(DLP) in the Arteta system. Xhaka loves to have 100 touches and dictate the game with his passing. But that wasn't Arteta's/Arsenal's plan.

he was booed of the pitch cuz he was taking his own time coming off the pitch when he was subbed and we were chasing a winner

I personally think Xhaka's coming together with TAA in the Liverpool game was the turning point for our title challenge last season. Without that we win the Liverpool game and the West Ham game. It becomes a completely different run in after that and i think we win the title. As good a player as he is, he's a liability.

Was to win silverware 😂