Granit Xhaka's £21.5 million transfer to Bayer Leverkusen creates a huge void at Arsenal in more ways than one, but early indications are that Mikel Arteta already has the answers.
In many ways, the Switzerland international's departure is somewhat of a surprise given he's been a regular in the side ever since arriving from Borussia Monchengladbach in the summer of 2016 and, when fit and available for selection, has generally been an automatic starter during the Gunners manager's tenure.
But as exclusively revealed by football.london earlier in the week, with just 12 months remaining on his contract and at the age of 30, commanding a €25m (£21.5m) transfer fee certainly represents good business on Arsenal's behalf and the deal was officially announced on Thursday afternoon.
