Morning all, a quick Saturday round-up. So, as many people expected Granit Xhaka has been named Arsenal captain. Quite why this decision couldn't have been made weeks and weeks ago is anybody's guess, but it's done now. Laurent Koscielny left on August 8th, Emery's desire to wait until the end of the transfer window to see if there were any other significant departures was not unreasonable I suppose, and in fairness one of his potential captains – Nacho Monreal – left for Real Sociedad. Still, the transfer window closed at the start of September and it's taken this long to sort it all out. It's hard not to think that he was worried about making a potentially unpopular decision and that...
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