After the season Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka has had, talk of a summer departure is almost unfathomable.
Following a tumultuous few campaigns in north London to put it mildly, Xhaka has been reborn in the 2022/23 season with a new role in Mikel Arteta's team that were pushing for the Premier League title. The Swiss international has contributed to 14 goals this season from 45 appearances missing just one league game, showing his importance to the Gunners.
However, Bayer Leverkusen are now in advanced talks to sign Xhaka as per Fabrizio Romano, in a €15million (£13million) summer deal. Xhaka enters the final year of his Arsenal deal this summer, although the club have the option to extend it by a further 12 months. That now looks highly unlikely to happen with the former Borussia Monchengladbach man seeking a new challenge away from Emirates Stadium.
