{"id":81860,"date":"2023-07-06T22:43:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T22:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/06\/granit-xhaka-joins-bayer-leverkusen-on-a-five-year-deal-from\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T22:43:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T22:43:36","slug":"granit-xhaka-joins-bayer-leverkusen-on-a-five-year-deal-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/06\/granit-xhaka-joins-bayer-leverkusen-on-a-five-year-deal-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Granit Xhaka joins Bayer Leverkusen on a five year deal from"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"642\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-06-184949.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot 2023-07-06 184949\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Granit Xhaka has left Arsenal to join German side Bayer Leverkusen in a 25m euro (\u00a321.4m) deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Switzerland midfielder, 30, has signed a five-year deal with the Bundesliga club.<\/p>\n<p>Xhaka, who joined the Gunners in 2016 and was briefly captain in 2019, had a year left on his contract but was expected to leave the club this summer.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are on the verge of signing England midfielder Declan Rice in a British record deal from West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>Xhaka scored 23 goals in 297 appearances for the Gunners, helping them win the FA Cup twice and finish runners-up in the Premier League last season.<\/p>\n<p>He scored twice during the final game of the season, a\u00a05-0 home win against Wolves\u00a0before being given a standing ovation as he was substituted late on.<\/p>\n<p>That was in stark contrast to an\u00a0angry confrontation with Arsenal fans\u00a0after being substituted against Crystal Palace in October 2019, after which he\u00a0admitted he was close to leaving the club.<\/p>\n<p>That resulted in him being\u00a0stripped of the captaincy\u00a0\u2013 just over a month after he had been handed the armband by then-manager Unai Emery.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal\u00a0rejected a bid of 15m euros\u00a0(\u00a312.9m) for Xhaka from Roma in 2021 and later that summer he signed a one-year contract extension to 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Xhaka previously spent four years playing in the Bundesliga for Borussia Monchengladbach, who he\u00a0left to join the Gunners\u00a0for a reported \u00a335m in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"sc_nLild2t4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NPP Race: Party vets 10 aspirants, disqualified hopefuls can appeal \u2013 Vetting Committee (6-7-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sc_nLild2t4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Granit Xhaka has left Arsenal to join German side Bayer Leverkusen in a 25m euro (\u00a321.4m) deal. 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