Emery wants an Englishman as one of his captains | Arseblog News

Unai Emery says he is open to the possibility that the young English player will become one of his Arsenal captains next season, as he seeks to fill the void left by Petr Cech, Aaron Ramsey and potentially Laurent Koscielny .

If the club chooses to strip Koscielny from the armband, it is likely that Granit Xhaka will be the man chosen to take over. The Swiss led an experienced team against Bayern Munich earlier this week and are well thought out internally.

Mesut Ozil, despite the difficulties of last season, and Nacho Monreal appear to be deputies, which means that two free places must be filled.

"I want an English player in these five captains," said Football.London.

"Last year [Granit] Xhaka, Mesut [Ozil] and Nacho [Monreal] worked as captains. But after the departure of Aaron Ramsey and Petr Cech – and perhaps Laurent Koscielny – I will want more.

"An English player who has grown up in our academy can understand the English spirit and the values ​​of Arsenal. These are the qualities and more [we want]. "

He added: "We lost players with great experience and long time in England and Arsenal like Cech and Ramsey. We also lost Koscielny.

"They started to captain when they were young. We have young, experienced players, players starting for the first time to be considered captains.

"If we choose a player, he has the ability and deserves to have the opportunity to be captain."

While we have promoted a host of young Englishmen in the first team, it's hard to believe that Emile Smith Rowe, Joe Willock, Reiss Nelson and Eddie Nketiah are ready to lead the established stars. That leaves Calum Chambers, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Carl Jenkinson and Rob Holding.

The latter makes sense, baduming he gets better in the first team after his injury. In good news, he is about to return quickly.

"We are really pleased with his progress," said Emery. "He started training with us a few days ago. We will do a process to let him play little by little.

"We need his performances as a central defender. When he was hurt, he was really playing with great performances. "