Arsenal have announced that Granit Xhaka is leaving the club with a transfer to Bayer Leverkusen looming. As football.london reported earlier this week, Xhaka who will sign for the German club in a £21.5m deal
Xhaka joined the club for £35million in May 2016 from Borussia Monchengladbach and has endured a tumultuous seven years in north London, to say the least. Prior to the final day of the 2022/23 Premier League season, Xhaka had made 296 appearances in total with 21 goals and 29 assists obtained in that time.
In October 2019, the 30-year-old looked as though his Arsenal career was over after his reaction to being subbed off against Crystal Palace. With the game level, Xhaka's number was brought up on the board to which ironic cheers emanated from the stands which in turn saw Xhaka respond by cupping his hand up to his ear before storming off down the tunnel.
