ninth permanent skipper since 2005 was born for the role but other things must go his way tooIf the central tenets of a captain’s role are to inspire and unite, it was not an especially good look when Granit Xhaka was substituted with 18 minutes left of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/sep/22/arsenal-aston-villa-premier-league-match-report" title="">last Sunday’s win </a>against Aston Villa. Arsenal seemed to be fighting a losing battle at that stage but the best way to carry the fight, Unai Emery decided, was to let the 20-year-old legs of Joe Willock tear into the visitors. The stand-in captain’s race was run and, as Xhaka departed...
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