{"id":2730,"date":"2021-12-15T09:03:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/15\/revealed-who-is-expected-to-be-arsenals-captain-vs-west-ham\/"},"modified":"2021-12-15T09:03:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:03:32","slug":"revealed-who-is-expected-to-be-arsenals-captain-vs-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/15\/revealed-who-is-expected-to-be-arsenals-captain-vs-west-ham\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: Who is expected to be Arsenal\u2019s captain vs West Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Aubameyang no longer Arsenal captain<\/h2>\n<p>The headline news at Arsenal over the last few days has, of course, centred around Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dugout-video dugout-embed-eyJrZXkiOiIiLCJwIjoiZ3JlYXRnb2FscyIsInBsIjoibWF0Y2gifQ==\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.dugout.com\/v3.1\/greatgoals.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The forward would miss out on Arsenal\u2019s meeting with Southampton this past weekend due to a disciplinary breach.<\/p>\n<p>It was explained that Aubameyang was dropped due to a late return from a recent trip abroad:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? EXCL: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang dropped from Arsenal squad for late return from trip abroad last week. 32yo had permission to go for personal reasons but was back later than agreed &amp; it had Covid protocol implications. W\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gunnerblog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gunnerblog<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthleticUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/im7yEtRK7X\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/im7yEtRK7X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1469702866852003854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nIt has since been confirmed by Arsenal that Aubameyang has been stripped of the Arsenal captaincy:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An update on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1470718574570491908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nWho will be Arsenal\u2019s captain vs West Ham?<\/h2>\n<p>With Aubameyang no longer captain, Mikel Arteta is left with the task of handing the armband to someone new.<\/p>\n<p>However, Arsenal have a fairly young squad that lacks a lot of experienced leaders. One of the more obvious choices would have been Granit Xhaka, but the midfielder has already been stripped of the armband once himself.<\/p>\n<p>Now though, an insight into who could be captain for Arsenal\u2019s upcoming meeting with West Ham has been provided.<\/p>\n<p>And, though not seemingly a permanent solution, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2021\/12\/14\/pierre-emerick-aubameyang-stripped-arsenal-captaincy-disciplinary\/?utm_content=football&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=Echobox&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1639550840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Telegraph<\/a> report that Alexandre Lacazette is expected to wear the armband vs the Hammers on Wednesday:<\/p>\n<p><em>Lacazette wore the captain\u2019s armband in Aubameyang\u2019s absence against Saturday, and is expected to do so again on Wednesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/liverpool-vs-newcastle-united-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\">Liverpool vs Newcastle United betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/crystal-palace-vs-southampton-betting-tips-preview-predictions-odds\/\">Crystal Palace vs Southampton betting tips: Preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aubameyang no longer Arsenal captain The headline news at Arsenal over the last few days has, of course, centred around Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The forward would miss out on Arsenal\u2019s meeting with Southampton this past weekend due to a disciplinary breach. It was explained that Aubameyang was dropped due to a late return from a recent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-2730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}