Granit Xhaka can he really win a Premier League title?

In the end, Arsenal wants to win a Premier League title. This should be the goal by which they make all the decisions. With this in mind, can Granit Xhaka really win a title?

Whether they think it or not, I do not know. But they keep saying it. Arsenal wants to win a Premier League title. It may sound silly, a little magical, horribly unrealistic, that this goal could never be achieved. But this is without a doubt the ultimate goal of the football club.

As a result, every decision made should be made with this objective in mind. Will the decision that will be made make it more or less likely to win a Premier League title? That is the question Arsenal has to ask every time it comes to making a decision.

That's why they asked Arsene Wenger to resign at the end of last season. The club's decline was such that there was little confidence in Wenger's ability to form a team capable of competing for the title. This is also why Arsenal hired Unai Emery in May. The Spanish and his project were considered the best avenue for this club to win a new championship. That's – or at least it should be – the motivation of every decision made.

This brings me to one of the most controversial personalities on the team, perhaps the most controversial and controversial player, a brilliant and disconcerting individual, a midfielder who commands the match with as much talented. artistic, only to lose control with a moment of pure madness. Granite Xhaka is indeed an enigma. And is an enigma a sufficient player to win a league title?

Now, there are far worse players who have won much more than a champion title than Xhaka. But I can not think of many who have played such an important role in the team, especially in the midfield. Xhaka, as it is currently used, is a key part of this Arsenal team, tasked with filtering defense alongside Lucas Torreira and providing those fundamental and progressive passes that often trigger offensive moves.

Do you want to hear your voice? Join the Pain In The Arsenal Team!

Write for us!

So in this context, the context of being a crucial player, is Xhaka good enough to be a league winner? Well, perhaps a more specific question could be: Is Xhaka sufficiently consistent to be a league winner? Because when he's playing at his best level, which he did in a great performance against Liverpool in early November, he's certainly a good enough player to anchor a midfielder.

But the problem, as has always been the case since his arrival in 2016, is that he does not play as his talent suggests. Xhaka goes from one extreme to the other, and not just one game to the other. Even in the same game, he can produce 89 minutes of excellent midfield play that allows Arsenal to control the match, then compromise his entire progress with a single misplaced pass, a case of laziness, a stupid decision .

How long do you expect a player to prove that he can be consistent or accept that he will never be able to? That is the question Arsenal and Emery have to answer. Because, for Xhaka, these title aspirations may dictate that time is running out.