What makes an Arsenal player a club legend?

[BergMan]

Özil was lazy, back problems were invented for him because he didn’t feel like playing, and he spent the last 2 years of his contract playing fortnite.

Xhaka works hard every minute on and off the pitch, and gives everything for the team, even puts his body on the line.

 

[Sanchez11]

No

 

[Tnegs]

Then you didn’t read the question either. Xhaka is world class and one of the best players we’ve ever had.

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being Denilson and 10 being Vieira where does Xhaka fit in?

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

Jennings, Sampson and Brady are called legends because they were GREAT players. Jennings is in the English football best ever debate, Sampson was like Ashley Cole in his day, Brady was a great player who was considered before his time, who then went on to Italy etc, at that time the best league in Europe.

Xhaka has never been considered a GREAT or generational player. The above could be considered generational talents.

4 FA Cups at a club like Arsenal doesn’t make anybody a legend either.

You're back with a bang.

Elite post from you

 

[Rex Stone]

Interesting to think of rival clubs who have legends in the last decade:

Man Utd: De Gea

Tottenham: Kane and Son (maybe guys like Vertonghen, Alderweireld and Eriksen but the trophies aren’t there imo)

Chelsea: Hazard, Azpilicueta, Kante

Liverpool: Salah, Alisson, Mane, VVD, Firmino (they’d say Hendo but not on footballing ability imo)

Man City: KDB, Fernandinho, Sterling

Absolutely mental we’ve not a legend who’s joined the club since 2002 ffs.

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

If Xhaka was around in Arsenal's prime in the early to mid 2000's. He'd basically have been Edu. Good solid rotation player for a great side. Nothing wrong with that either.

 

[BergMan]

If Xhaka was around in Arsenal's prime in the early to mid 2000's. He'd basically have been Edu. Good solid rotation player for a great side. Nothing wrong with that either.

Not at all. He’d have been Gilberto Silva with a lot more leadership. Vieira and Xhaka would have been the best partnership ever.

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

Not at all. He’d have been Gilberto Silva with a lot more leadership. Vieira and Xhaka would have been the best partnership ever.

You're totally delusional if you think Xhaka would get into any side ahead of Gilberto

It's actually laughable to believe that he would.

 

[BergMan]

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being Denilson and 10 being Vieira where does Xhaka fit in?

10.

Vieira even said Xhaka reminds him of himself.

 

[Tnegs]

10.

Vieira even said Xhaka reminds him of himself.

My god is that your Twitter account?

 

[Nicenho]

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being Denilson and 10 being Vieira where does Xhaka fit in?

Solid 2.

 

[Farzad]

Xhaka spent at least 70% of his time at Arsenal performing poorly enough to the point where fans were desperate to replace him. It's why his recent turnaround has been so impactful, he looked like a lost cause in an Arsenal shirt.

If Xhaka qualifies as a "legend" then that list is gigantic and loses all meaning. He's like in a similar tier of players like Flamini and Song in the midfield position and I doubt many would call those guys "legends".

If it wasn't for his immense turnaround in form this season + the mending of his relationship with the fans, my impression is the majority of Arsenal fans would've been glad to see the back of him if he left and would generally have seen him as a bit of a flop and a mistake to rely on for so long. Again, credit to him for salvaging what seemed unsalvageable, but he hasn't had anywhere near the positive impact to be considered a legend IMO.

I would take Flamini and Song over Xhaka; Hleb, Rosicky, Rocastle, Viera, Petit, Silva, Fabregas, Cazorla, Ramsey and Partey are all better just off the top of my head.

Xhaka isn’t even a great, let alone a legend.

 

[Farzad]

First of all that’s completely false. Second you didn’t even answer the question.

The guys from 70s were judged in their own era. Graham and Wenger raised expectations after the 60s and 70s where Arsenal was not consistently able to mount a league challenge. If you stink for your era then you are not a club legend. Post Wenger he is a below average CM at a position we are famous for

 

[BergMan]

The guys from 70s were judged in their own era. Graham and Wenger raised expectations after the 60s and 70s where Arsenal was not consistently able to mount a league challenge. If you stink for your era then you are not a club legend. Post Wenger he is a below average CM at a position we are famous for

We haven’t won the league in 20 years. We won the league in 1971. So the standards set on those 70’s players who failed to achieve things was much higher than the standards now.

 

[sergio_giorgini]

Freddie but not Kolo

Kolo

Who else do yo want there….Koscielny? Vermaelen?

 

[sergio_giorgini]

Then you didn’t read the question either. Xhaka is world class and one of the best players we’ve ever had.

Trolling or total insanity?

 

[Rex Stone]

Kolo

Who else do yo want there….Koscielny? Vermaelen?

He had 7 quality starting years here as a centre back and was a rock in the Invincibles and the 2006 CL final side and then our only reliable CB until he went to City.

Disrespectful comparing him to Vermaelen or Koscielny ffs. Levels clear of them for us.

 

[sergio_giorgini]

He had 7 quality starting years here as a centre back and was a rock in the Invincibles and the 2006 CL final side and then our only reliable CB until he went to City.

Disrespectful comparing him to Vermaelen or Koscielny ffs. Levels clear of them for us.

He was alright, fairly solid but unspectacular.

Koscielny was our starting CB for 9 years and helped us to a European final and scored a crucial goal in an FA cup final. Doesn’t make him a club legend neither.

 

[sergio_giorgini]

10.

Vieira even said Xhaka reminds him of himself.

Paddies going senile it appears.