Ex-arsenal player suffers slight knock ahead of England vs Swit…

The one time gunners midfielder will seek to go head to head with the current English team boosting of top quality players like current arsenal midfielder Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham and Connor Gallagher, However the combative midfielder is optimistic of his chances to be fit for the tie, speaking to a press conference Xhaka said ‘ we practiced penalties before the Italy tie, on my first attempt i felt something in my left abductor, that’s why i skipped training on Thursday, on Friday in the final training session everything was fine again, but in the game i felt it again after the first 15 minutes, Luckily we have Good doctors who gave me something for it and i was able to play the remaining game afterwards, which was important for me, we’ll do an MRI on Monday to see what exactly it is, but i have seven days to get every thing treated.’

Xhaka is optimistic of the teams chances of winning the tournament, he also added that ‘ i am not saying we are going to win the tournament but we are going to do every thing to get there . i feel like we are not done yet, we are hungrier than ever’. he told Bild.

Xhaka has ben instrumental to Switzerland surge in the tournament having played a key role in Xabi Alonso record breaking season for bayer leverkusen the Switzerland captain will seek to add to his bundesliga and Dfb pokal title to cap off a remarkable year for club and country