Xhaka in London for his medical :cloud9:

[Billy Goat Sverige]

http://www.rp-online.de/sport/fussball/borussia/borussia-moenchengladbach-transfer-von-granit-xhaka-vor-dem-abschluss-aid-1.5989508

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/20/arsenal-to-sign-granit-xhaka-as-midfielder-heads-to-london-to-co/

[7sisters]

http://www.rp-online.de/sport/fussball/borussia/borussia-moenchengladbach-transfer-von-granit-xhaka-vor-dem-abschluss-aid-1.5989508

I'm guessing that's the Kante rumours blown.

[The Jorge]

I'm guessing that's the Kante rumours blown.

We want them both, surely.

#xhakakante

[Brentwood]

I'm guessing that's the Kante rumours blown.

We're losing 3 midfielders this season, so 2 coming in is feasible i suppose?

[Brentwood]

We want them both, surely.

#xhakakante

The Granite Chucker sounds like a really good wrestler's name

[SWv2]

We're losing 3 midfielders this season, so 2 coming in is feasible i suppose?

1 is sufficient given the existing resources and the fact that we signed one in January.

Welcome to Arsenal Granit.

[SWv2]

http://www.rp-online.de/sport/fussball/borussia/borussia-moenchengladbach-transfer-von-granit-xhaka-vor-dem-abschluss-aid-1.5989508

Eh, I think you know my problem here.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

Eh, I think you know my problem here.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/20/arsenal-to-sign-granit-xhaka-as-midfielder-heads-to-london-to-co/

[7sisters]

We're losing 3 midfielders this season, so 2 coming in is feasible i suppose?

Is AW going to spend that much on two midfielders; when he needs to allocate funds on a striker, plus, please god, another CB.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

1 is sufficient given the existing resources and the fact that we signed one in January.

Welcome to Arsenal Granit.

Agreed. Probably be Xhaka and Cazorla starting most games and Wilshere or Ramsey if Cazorla is rested or injured. Possibly Xhaka and Coquelin in the harder games.

[Rich]

http://www.rp-online.de/sport/fussball/borussia/borussia-moenchengladbach-transfer-von-granit-xhaka-vor-dem-abschluss-aid-1.5989508

Add Morata and a proper defender (plus young left back) and we'll have had a good summer.

[Brentwood]

1 is sufficient given the existing resources and the fact that we signed one in January.

Welcome to Arsenal Granit.

For someone who has managed for 20+ years in England, the fact he has signed so few players from other English clubs is quite surprising. Bit more of a risk to sign someone with no PL experience, plus it takes a while for them to adjust. I bet he hasn't signed more than 10 from other PL clubs

[The Jorge]

We're losing 3 midfielders this season, so 2 coming in is feasible i suppose?

Yes but we've also discovered Iwobi, mind. He should count for an in.

[Jake]

He better be rock 'ard.

[Luis Anaconda]

For someone who has managed for 20+ years in England, the fact he has signed so few players from other English clubs is quite surprising. Bit more of a risk to sign someone with no PL experience, plus it takes a while for them to adjust. I bet he hasn't signed more than 10 from other PL clubs

The taking time to adjust thing is massively overplayed nowadays - of course any player moving to any club can take time to adjust but the difference between leagues is not as great as people state - particularly Germany to England

[SWv2]

I am going to come clean here, and *******s to Red who is my oldest buddy, but I do love a midfield signing.

The fact he is left footed just makes me want to masturbate at my desk.

[Luis Anaconda]

I am going to come clean here, and *******s to Red who is my oldest buddy, but I do love a midfield signing.

The fact he is left footed just makes me want to masturbate at my desk.

That is not very clean, sw

[redgunamo]

I am going to come clean here, and *******s to Red who is my oldest buddy, but I do love a midfield signing.

The whole thing is shameful and disgusting. I'm appalled.

[SWv2]

That is not very clean, sw

Mr Clean

Where is my oldest buddies Curly or Ash when you need them. *******s.

:-(

[Just Trent]

I'm sure he'll get a few goals. Which will hopefully be followed by a 'Xhaka Daka Daka' machine gun celebration.

[Ash]

Mr Clean

Where is my oldest buddies Curly or Ash when you need them. *******s.

:-(

You got there too quickly. Slow Down!

[Pat Vegas]

I wonder if this signing is a response to our season just past.

Window isn't even open yet and this lad is not cheap at all!.

The only concern I have is sometime when we sign somebody early in the summer it may mean someone else may leave.
Podolski was like that.

[redgunamo]

The taking time to adjust thing is massively overplayed nowadays - of course any player moving to any club can take time to adjust but the difference between leagues is not as great as people state - particularly Germany to England

Yeah, just wait until December and he blubs because he can't have a second helping of Christmas pud as we've got Stoke City away on Boxing Day.

[Fast Eddie]

I'm sure he'll get a few goals. Which will hopefully be followed by a 'Xhaka Daka Daka' machine gun celebration.

Thing is he actually does have a 'cultured' left foot and likes to shoot long range which means he'll be coached out of shooting outside the box by AW's tippy tappy :(

[redgunamo]

Thing is he actually does have a 'cultured' left foot and likes to shoot long range which means he'll be coached out of shooting outside the box by AW's tippy tappy :(

The price is too high, in any case. We'll try to banter them off a bit, I reckon.

[SWv2]

You got there too quickly. Slow Down!

Good man A, I like what you did there!

[Just Trent]

It'll be a response to another year of injury prone midfielders. Arteta and Rosicky are nice chaps, but they really stayed on a year or two too long. Especially given the situation with Wilshere. We needed players like Elneny and Xhaka last summer. Having said that, if we do spend over £20m on a DM player, I'll need to sit down for 5 mins to get over the shock.

[IUFG]

"Xhaka has been compared to Bastian Schweinsteiger (when he was good)"

wd the telegraph imo

[TheCurly]

Mr Clean

Where is my oldest buddies Curly or Ash when you need them. *******s.

:-(

I was having a piece of toast from the one I love most

[redgunamo]

It'll be a response to another year of injury prone midfielders. Arteta and Rosicky are nice chaps, but they really stayed on a year or two too long. Especially given the situation with Wilshere. We needed players like Elneny and Xhaka last summer. Having said that, if we do spend over £20m on a DM player, I'll need to sit down for 5 mins to get over the shock.

Apparently he's "liked" this post on Instagram :-\

http://20.theladbiblegroup.com/s3/content/3d6c79b3573e3eb9cf185840064e8da4.png

[Tony C]

If Wenger made him captain I would not complain...fine signing.

i hope Ramsey enjoys the subs bench...

[redgunamo]

If Wenger made him captain I would not complain...fine signing.

i hope Ramsey enjoys the subs bench...

Yeah, he seems to like to shout a bit, a natural.