Ranking Arsenal’s Top 5 Midfield Transfer Options

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1. Granit Xhaka

If you were on Pain in the Arsenal at all yesterday, you saw this one coming. Granit Xhaka has gone on a pretty stellar run lately, launching himself onto the radar. Xhaka reminds me a lot of Francis Coquelin, except with offensive perks already in play. The 23-year old Swede is tenacious. He does put up some serious yellow cards. But so did Francis Coquelin. It can all be toned down.

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Xhaka’s size and versatility make him a prime target. While he has been used primarily as a box-to-box midfielder, he puts up defender-like numbers. Two tackles and two interceptions as a box-to-box guy is impressive.

Plus, transferring from the Bundesliga to the Premier League is not as hard of a transition as it would be to pull someone over from Spain or Italy.

As far as plausibility, that is where the rumor has major question marks. Xhaka is under contract until 2019 but he does have a release clause of £21 million. Unfortunately, that clause does not kick in until 2017 (according to the Metro). So until that time, it is a dialogue between Arsenal and Borussia Monchengladbach.

Those are the best options Gooners, who do you most want to see?