Happy birthday to Granit Xhaka. Went from being hated by a majority of fans to being seen as one of the key players in the squad under Arteta. What an amazing turnaround from him. : Gunners

rtetzXhaka is divisive in the fangroup and rightly do. He is they key person that Wenger, Emery, Freddie and now Arteta. He has the tactical nous to pull things off.. He just needs a midfielder to paper over his cracks like Ceballos has been doing, and we have a solid partnership for years to come.

People keep mistaking our intention of signing Partey in order to replace him but that is far from the truth. Partey would complement Xhaka really well. Paret can dribble past players and is quick with winning possession back, both of these are weaknesses of Xhaka. So partey (potential) signing is a complement to and not replacing Xhaka.