Xhaka: I’m Happy I Left Arsenal For Bayer Leverkusen

Former Arsenal captain Granit Xhaka says he has no regret leaving the Gunners for Bayer Leverkusen. Xhaka, who played an integral role in Leverkusen’s Bundesliga triumph in his first season with the club, stated that it was pure relief for him when he left Arsenal. “My wife was there for the first meeting with Leverkusen,” he said during an Amazon Prime documentary on Leverkusen’s last season, which saw them win the Bundesliga unbeaten.

“I wanted to know how she felt.” He added: “It was pure relief for me. I said: ‘Yes! It’s not just me who feels that way, but the family too’.



” “I was lucky enough to be booed in 2019, as captain at Arsenal, in front of 60,000 fans,” he elaborated. “I say lucky because that made me brutally strong. “I’m grateful that I got out of there.

Because it was a dark day for my family, my wife and my parents. I think it was even harder for them than it was for me.”.