Arsenal new boy Granit Xhaka continues to woo Gunners fans by revealing win over Manchester United is career peak
Switzerland hard man and Euro 2016 star has won two top-flight titles but puts beating Premier League giants at top of list
Arsenal new boy Granit Xhaka continues to win over Gunners fans by revealing his career highlight is beating Manchester United.
The 23-year-old has already won two Swiss Super Leagues with Basel and one Swiss Cup and he collected the under-17 World Cup in 2009.
He has been compared to Andres Pirlo and Bastian Schweinsteiger and named in the 2014-15 Bundsliga team of the season.
But he reveals the pinnacle of his already excellent career was knocking Alex Ferguson’s star-studded side out of the 2011-12 Champions League with his boyhood European minnows Basel.
Xhaka said: “I think the best moment of my career was a game against Manchester United for Basel.
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“We played in Manchester and drew 3-3, then we played at home and won 2-1 to knock them out and progress to the next round.
“It was big. Basel were a smaller club than Manchester United and to beat them 2-1 was a very nice moment.”
Xhaka’s combative style should revolutionise Arsene Wenger’s usually soft-centred side for next season.
The North Londonders travel to Old Trafford on November 19 and with Jose Mourinho in charge a fiery game, in the mould of the infamous Pizzagate from 2004 when the two sides went to war and clashed in the tunnel after the game, is on the cards.