Arsenal get new captain

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has named Alexandre Lacazette as the new Gunners captain.

Arteta made this known ahead of Arsenal EPL clash vs Wolves on Thursday night.

The Gunners have been without a permanent captain since Pierre-Emerick Aubamayang was stripped of the skipper armband last year due to a disciplinary breach.

However, since Aubamayang left Emirate stadium in the January transfer window to join Barcelona, it became necessary for the Gunners to have a new captain.

Lacazette has been handed the captain armband on a number of occasions before Aubamayang’s departure, and now he has been handed the band permanently.

“We have some exceptional senior players that are really helping. Why the young players are doing so well is because they have the senior players next to them giving the example,” Arteta said when asked if Arsenal needed a strong captain to lead their young squad.

“The togetherness and the chemistry that I saw in the last two weeks, a little bit out of the competition, we haven’t had time since I’ve been here because of Covid, two years without pre-season, without having time to spend together, it’s the thing probably that I’m most proud of and not only around the players but the staff and the real chemistry that is there.

“That is something that is going to stay here.”

Asked whether Lacazette will be captain until the end of the season, Arteta said: “Laca is the captain at the moment, yes.”