Arsenal will face Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday evening.
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has suggested in The Daily Mail that Granit Xhaka should start for Arsenal against Chelsea this weekend.
Arsenal will face London rivals Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday evening.
Former Liverpool defender Carragher has suggested that midfielder Xhaka should start the match in North London.
“Xhaka scored another thumping goal in Arsenal’s League Cup win at Nottingham Forest on Tuesday but Wenger has been intent on easing him into his team,” Carragher wrote in The Daily Mail.
“Only last week, he sang the praises of how good Santi Cazorla and Francis Coquelin have been in midfield.
“That might be so but that axis has not been good enough to take Arsenal to where they want to go so why persist with it?
“Xhaka is surely the future and if he has the talent that Wenger says he has, you would expect him to be at home in this type of battle.”
“It will be interesting to see if Wenger is prepared to give Xhaka the responsibility of driving his team forward,” added Carragher.
Xhaka joined Arsenal from German club Borussia Monchengladbach in the summer transfer window for a fee reported by Sky Sports to be in the region of £30 million.
The 23-year-old midfielder has featured in four Premier League matches for the Gunners so far this season, scoring one goal and creating four chances in the process.
The Switzerland international scored for Arsene Wenger’s side in their 4-0 victory over Championship club Nottingham Forest away from home at the City Ground in the third round of the EFL Cup on Tuesday evening.
Xhaka has been quite impressive for Arsenal so far this season, and perhaps Wenger should deploy him from the start against Chelsea.
Arsenal are fourth in the Premier League table at the moment with 10 points from five matches, while Chelsea are currently fifth in the standings.
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