Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka is reportedly not necessarily 100% on his way out of the club this summer even once the Declan Rice transfer goes through.
The Gunners look to be rebuilding their midfield this summer, and it had looked as though Xhaka was all set for a move to Bayer Leverkusen once the Rice deal went through.
However, The Athletic now report that it’s not necessarily a guaranteed thing that the Switzerland international moves on, with the report explaining that there isn’t a big need to let him go.
Xhaka was a star performer for Arsenal last season and some fans might be concerned about losing him, though there is perhaps a chance he could line up alongside Rice next season.
Arsenal fans will be eager for Rice’s move to be made official, and that will surely be their priority, though keeping Xhaka at the Emirates Stadium as well could be a nice bonus.
It seems unwise to do too much to change a squad that came so close to winning the Premier League title last season.
Xhaka can move on.. Partey needs to stay… Partey-Rice is a much better combo than Xhaka – Rice..
The only reason we are in this discussion at all is Partey’s legal issue
Legal issues???
What legal essues
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Xhaka, when given the freedom is a better forward playing person than Partey – if Arsenal sort out their defensive issues (and that looks promising at the moment), then we need to start looking at the goals and maximising the potential up front.
Turn the draws into wins, 1 point to 3 – the league is won on points.
Party and xhaka must both stay if arse sl are to mount a serious title challenge next season
I agreed with your observation
99.9% Correct
Let him stay
I don’t want him leave.
Let xhaja stay partey can go cus he is loosing focus
I think Partey is not reliable though talented, he always have fitness issues season in, season out, one can expect his physical state to be more and more a concern as he grows with age
Let xakha stay, Thomas go
I prefer both to stay
I think it is a big mistake to let both xhaka and partey leave. Changing midfield combination cannot necessarily lead to success. But letting Partey move may not hider our midfield success if we retain Xhaka, since we have capable replacement of Partey in both Rice and joginho defensive wise, while Xhaka has both attributes of attack and defence. EPL was well known for its physicality. So combining Rice ordigard and Xhaka will balance the team in term of defensive covers and attack rather than the combination of Rice, Havert and ordigard since Havert is not a defensive minded midfielder.
Xhaka must stay put and is fantastic news and i want him stay
Xhaka should stay put
It’s always good to let
The player make a choice but for arsenal to move forward let both midfielders stay to create more confidence to the new coming midfielders also they might not adapt very fast to the form arsenal uses making party and xhaka reliable
Agree with Cannon and NBK. We need to keep both Partey and Xhaka for at least another season in my opinion. They were the engine of a midfield that took us to the brink of the premiership. We fell away towards the end because we ran out of legs. Squad not deep enough compared to city. If we sell either of them I think we’ll be in same position regardless of whether Rice comes in.
Keep them both let elneny and lokonga go
No need to sale partey and Xhaka
Both should stay to balance man power that was a reason why we didn’t take the troph
According to thinking xhaka is more user than partey so arsenal should make xhaka to stay
I don’t really understand why we are even considering letting Xhaka and Partey leave. We were light in midfield last season, while concentrating mainly on one competition. This time around we are back in the champions league and we will look to compete on all fronts, so we dont want to end up short. Rice coming in is a necessity, even without selling anyone. Keep them both !
It will be a very good idea if both partey and xhaka stays for arsenal to compete with the likes of man City we more qualify players. Remember that is what has helped City in every position they have more players so they don’t feel it when injuries hit them.
4 us to have a good bench power, both MUST stay.
can’t agree less.let’s keep them both at least for another season.then all see.
LET DE 2 STAY P AND X
Believe me or Not had it not been for party and xhaka we wouldn’t have even finished in the top two.i therefore suggest no player especially from the starting x1 to be given a chance of evening leaving.we need team worrk,team spirit to to acomplish our dreams
U are right guys the midfield 5hat to u close the the trophy can not be compared to that which almost took u to relegation..West Ham midfield
I would like to see them both in the arsenal team. They had a very good understanding in the midfield.
Until now the success of Arsenal next season still depends on the services of party & Xhaka…..above all, Both will assist our new signings afopt faster to Emirates style of play confidently ,come next season……take both off, then we definitely gonna struggle for real come next season”
We really need both of them
They both need to stay..they have been our engine room right from the beginning..we lose the league last season bcos of tired legs..this time we have rice and havart..they both re good add up to the team..so we need to keep substituting them together to avoid tired legs..
I think they both need to stay..xhaka and party have been our engine room right from the beginning..party collapse due to tired leg..now we have a good two signing who switch with each other when one is tired ..we need to let both of them stay..for us to compete for the league cos we have more work at hand now that we re in champions league..
I think so too, Partey and Xhaka should be allowed to stay for at least one year, Rice and whoever is coming can learn a lot from them, we still need their experience in that squad.
Granite, should stay. We need quality Lads for Champions league.
Elneny,xhaka and lokonga are leaving while partey,jorginho,havertz and rice will be our CM/DM options alongside odegaard,ESR,trossard, and vieira as our AM options. NB; ESR,trossard and havertz can also play on the flanks or as false 9.