Arsenal  Boss Unai Emery has named Granit Xhaka as the club’s substantive captain after the Swiss maestro won the players’ vote for their preferred skipper

. Xhaka replaces former captain Laurent Koscielny who left the club for Girondis Bordeaux this summer.

Xhaka has already led The lines for the Gunners in six of their eight games this season.

Emery is yet to choose a vice-captain, with Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang understood to be the leading candidates.