Some Arsenal fans are annoyed after Unai Emery asked his players to vote for who should be the club’s new captain.
At the time of writing this, BBC Sport’s David Ornstein had revealed that Granit Xhaka had been chosen to skipper the side this season, with the role of vice-captain thought to be between striking duo Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang, and that has now been confirmed via Arsenal’s official Twitter account.
It was revealed in an interview by Rob Holding that the players were asked to vote on who they think should be the club’s new captain.
Holding said: “He likes his five captains. We had a vote the other week so we’ll see what happens and see who gets named.” (Source: football.london)
The north London giants had five captains last season, with Granit Xhaka, Mesut Ozil, Aaron Ramsey, Petr Cech and Laurent Koscielny all chosen by the Spanish manager (via Arsenal).
However, after Cech’s retirement, and Ramsey and Koscielny’s moves abroad, it seems Emery has yet to decide who will be among the group of five.
The news from football.london has annoyed fans of the north London club, as they took to Twitter to ask questions about Emery.
Here is a selection of tweets from Gooners:
That make no sense from the coach
— ICES (@AkpongE) September 26, 2019
Talk about player power. This will come back to bite him in the future.
— 🇵🇰Waseem Ahmed🇵🇰 (@Wasi_03) September 26, 2019
Can he not decide one himself? This guy man. pic.twitter.com/nTS99fxdSO
— Will Pugh (@WillPughFilm) September 26, 2019
what a ridiculous saga this captaincy thing is turning into. I wouldn’t mind so much if the role wasn’t absolutely meaningless
— Liam O’Brien (@LiamD_23) September 26, 2019
Emery is a joke
— Big Sum (@Q_Leez) September 26, 2019
Emery doesn’t know how to decide. Still looking for a team style after years.
— Otávio Augusto (@holandaotavio) September 26, 2019
Arsenal fans, how many captains should the team have – and who would they be? Let us know in the comments below!
