Former Arsenal captain Granit Xhaka is near a return to the Premier League with newly-promoted Sunderland.
Reports say that the Black Cats are near a cope with Bayer Leverkusen for the 32-year-old as head coach Regis Le Bris seeks so as to add Premier League expertise to his squad.
Switzerland worldwide Xhaka, who started his profession at Basel earlier than heading for Borussia Monchengladbach, spent seven years with the Gunners and is nicely acquainted with England’s high flight.
He joined Arsenal for £35m from Monchengladbach throughout the summer time of 2016 and made 297 appearances for the membership, successful two FA Cups, earlier than returning to Germany with Leverkusen in July 2023.
The willpower from Granit Xhaka to get again and make the deal with 👏 pic.twitter.com/jIPHAxvJOy
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 11, 2023
He was a part of Xabi Alonso’s Bundesliga-winning aspect in 2024 and made 49 appearances in all competitions, 10 of them within the Champions League, over the last marketing campaign.
A combative participant, Xhaka was stripped of the Arsenal captaincy in November 2019 after a heated alternate with house followers on the Emirates Stadium.
