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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20421927" data-attributes="member: 158020">Xhaka: Arsenal are the best team in the world <img src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/GOAL/c5/bb/granit-xhaka_12wh6bn7vxup01stnysnaz4dvg.jpg?t=1788679893&w=620&h=430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Granit Xhaka says he joined Arsenal because "they are the best team in the world", as he continues to train with Kosovan side FC Prishtina in a bid to maintain his fitness ahead of the new season. Xhaka, speaking after arriving in Kosovo for a summer holiday with his fiancee Leonita Lekaj, was pictured training on Wednesday with a top-flight Kosovan outfit during a visit to his parents' homeland.And he has now revealed exactly why he joined the Gunners. The 23-year-old joined the Gunners from Bundesliga giants BorussiaMonchengladbach for a fee in the region of £31 million and was one of the stars of Switzerland's Euro 2016 campaign, receiving two Man of the Match awards during his time in France. Xhaka, whose parents are Kosovo-Albanians who settled in Switzerland, played and beat his brother's Albania team 1-0 for the first time when they faced each other in a group-stage game. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has informed Xhaka that he should return to training towards the end of July although there is a possiblity that he could return considerably sooner as he looks to settle in at the north London giants.</blockquote>

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