It feels rather fitting that a man called Granit has proved himself to be so resilient over the years. Plenty have tried to chip away at Switzerland’s captain but here he stands, strong and tall, ...

Granit Xhaka has insisted he does not need to be captain to help be a leader at Arsenal. Martin Odegaard was announced as Arsenal’s latest skipper ahead of the 2022-23 season last month. In the second ...

Granit Xhaka has completed his move to Bayer Leverkusen from Arsenal. Arsenal are set to receive €25million (£21.5m, $27.3m) from Leverkusen for the 30-year-old, although sources close to Leverkusen ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the German football with a focus on the Bundesliga. In Granit Xhaka, Bayer Leverkusen is set to lose another key ...

Granit Xhaka has been tasked with leading the Sunderland dressing room after recently joining the newly promoted Premier League club. Two days before The Black Cats' opening league game against West ...

LENS -- It would have taken a brave onlooker to use Basel's 2-0 win at Grasshopper on March 10, 2012, to predict the future, but the signs were there. There was a pinpoint, curling free kick into the ...

Back in June 2011, 18-year-old Granit Xhaka was faced with a tough decision that would ultimately define his career as a footballer. Having grown up in Switzerland to Albanian parents with Kosovan ...

Arsenal fans have said their farewells to their longest-serving player of the post-Arsene Wenger era after Granit Xhaka agreed a move to Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen. The Switzerland international ...