Granit Xhaka has revealed Arsenal are yet to decide who will be their captain ahead of Sunday’s Premier League opener with Newcastle United.
The Gunners are expected to appoint a new skipper for the upcoming season with current captain Laurent Koscielny pushing to leave the club.
The defender wants to return to France and earlier this summer he refused to travel on the club’s pre-season tour to the United States to push through a move.
It means Arsenal, who on Sunday lost 2-1 at Barcelona in their final pre-season friendly, should have a new player wearing the armband at Newcastle.
However Xhaka, who is one of the contenders to be captain, has revealed no decision has been made yet.
“Nobody has spoken about the captain's armband,” he told Arsenal Player
“The coach hasn't decided but if I have the armband of course I will be happy.
“It's something special but in the end we have to all be captains on the pitch and outside out of the pitch because we need everyone.
“Today we played against a good opposition in Barcelona. The first half was very good, the second half was OK.
“We were under a bit more pressure than in the first half, but in the end we have to improve. We have to look at the bad things and keep the good things.
“We played very good but in the end we don't take anything. We have to learn to concentrate throughout the 90 minutes in future to take something.”
