If Lacazette replaces Aubameyang as Arsenal’s next captain, history tells us he will no longer wear the armband for long.

Arsenal fly high West Ham United 2-0 on Wednesday ahead of their London rivals and placed fourth in Premier League as we reach the halfway point of the season.

It was the Gunners’ second opening match since coach Mikel Arteta’s removal Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as captain what the club describes as “his latest disciplinary breach,” initially abandoned him because Win 3-0 on Saturday end Southampton.

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Aubameyang, who has been left out of the squad in the last two matches, was named captain only when Granite Xhaka was stripped of responsibility after a confrontation with fans during a match at the Emirates in November 2019.

Alexandre Lacazette took the captain’s armband again against The Hammers and led his side in one of their most convincing performances of the season. However, while his inability to find the net may be unrelated, the French forward failed to land a penalty with that damned elastic albatross swaddled around his biceps. ta.

When asked if Lacazette has been confirmed as Arsenal’s next captain, Arteta said: “Well, he was next and he played out the way everyone has seen today – with such pride and commitment, and I’m really pleased with the way he played. “

Even if the Gunners decide to choose Lacazette as their new captain on a full-time basis, they may once again be on the lookout for a new one as they appear to be in no rush to renew the player’s contract. 29 years old, contract will expire in the summer.

But scholars of Arsenal’s recent history will know that it is perfectly normal to find a new player to captain them. Things started to go south just as club legend Thierry Henry took the captain’s armband from Patrick Vieira ahead of the 2005-06 season.

Thierry Henry: 2005-2007

Henry flirted Barcelona for over a year, this became awkward when the Gunners lost to them in the 2006 Champions League final. A year later, Henry cuts the rope and departs for Camp Nou scored just 10 goals for the Gunners in his final campaign due to his injury in north London.

William Gallas: 2007-08

Gallas inherited the Arsenal captaincy for the 2007-08 season but only lasted until February of the following year, when his infamous on-field fury following the Birmingham City game cost him the captain’s armband. . Arsenal were five points away from the top of the Premier League heading into the game, but after a late penalty brought a 2-2 draw to relegation Birmingham, an obviously emotional Gallas sat down on the field when the final whistle blew and stay there for a few minutes. His stumble became symbolic of Arsenal’s ensuing title demise.

With Gallas stripped of the captaincy after he was benched, Fabregas took over. To be fair, the midfielder lasted three seasons, but the writing on the wall when he Spain his teammates pranked him by pull the Barcelona shirt over your head during their 2010 World Cup celebrations. Fabregas returned to his boyhood club the following year.

Robin van Persie: 2011-12

Van Persie stepped into the captaincy after Fabregas left for the 2011-12 season, where he stayed for exactly a year before signing for the nasty side Manchester United, with whom he was timely Score a bunch of goals and win the Premier League.

Vermaelen was the next underdog to be handed the captain’s armband, although a string of injuries kept the Belgian defender in charge after two poor seasons. In something of a shock, he also joined Barcelona in 2014.

Mikel Arteta: 2014-16

Arteta entered a breach phase in the 2014-15 season but was again almost immediately struggling with injury, causing six leagues to begin in his first year as captain and after that didn’t have any tournaments in his second. Since then, he has returned to club management, but the captaincy continues to cause problems for him.

Per Mertesacker: 2016-18

The injury continued into the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons when the elderly Mertesacker was appointed captain. Big one German The defender was restricted to just four appearances during his two seasons with the armband, although he finished very high with an FA Cup victory before retiring.

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Koscielny has been named Gunners captain for 2018-19, a tumultuous season that saw France the international (who was at the club for nine years) ultimately refused to play before insisting his exit in perhaps the most ungrateful way possible: announcing his transfer to Bordeaux via take off his Arsenal shirt to reveal his new club colors below. Another interesting thing is that the “captain group” of coach Unai Emery at that time consisted of four other players including Aaron Ramsey (canceled his contract to join Juventus free), Petr Cech (on ice hockey break), Mesut Ozil (freezes before fleeing to Turkey) and Xhaka (see below).

Granite Xhaka: 2019-20

Xhaka is not a popular choice of captain in terms of fan support, and they let Switzerland the international knew that back in November 2019 after his team had taken a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 with Crystal Palace. When he was trailing in the second half, Xhaka reacted badly, plunging his ears to the slanderers and quickly losing the support of even the most enthusiastic supporters on his field. The midfielder has joined and left Arsenal since then, but you never know, he could be in contention for the captain’s armband for a second time after Auba’s spectacular fall.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang: 2020-21

On the surface, things appear to be going smoothly for Aubameyang as he signs a new three-year contract with Arsenal in September 2020. Aubameyang was presumably picked in the hope that he would thrive under responsibility. complementary.

Unfortunately, not long after that, the Gabon player’s form began to decline. The goals also soon dried up, with the former Golden Boot player now scoring just 15 goals in 43 games since the start of the 2020-21 season.

Then, just a few weeks after declaring himself “the coolest captain in the league, possibly in the world“In a wrong and ill-timed game, Aubameyang was ignored after one too many disciplinary violations.