The journey of Granit Xhaka at Arsenal has been a complicated one full of twists and turns. However, he recently committed his future to the club both through a new contract and in an interview where he spoke of achieving something special with the team.
Mikel Arteta has changed Xhaka since his return from injury. The Arsenal midfield was struggling for consistency and penetration and the Spaniard made some tweaks which led to Xhaka and colleague Thomas Partey forming a brilliant partnership.
Xhaka was deployed in a slightly more advanced role than the double pivot pairing that he and Partey were used to. Martin Odegaard dropped deeper and Arsenal’s 4-2-3-1 became a 4-3-3 with the Ghanaian now playing behind both Xhaka and Odegaard.
