Ever since Thierry Henry left Arsenal at the end of the 2006-07 season the club have found it difficult to find a proper captain who could lead the team from the front with the exception of Fabregas who lead the team for almost 3 seasons, but even in his case it wasn't easy as he was regularly linked with a move to Barcelona through out the spell. Our last long-term Premier League captain who lasted for more than 5 seasons was Tony Adams (1992-2002). Since Henry left we have had 7 different captains namely William Gallas (2007-08), Kolo Toure (part-time captain, 2007-09), Cesc Fabregas (2008-11), Robin Van Persie (2011-12), Thomas Vermaelen (2012-14), Mikel Arteta (2013-14 part-time &...
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