This summer, Arsenal splashed the cash, invested more than £200 million (about HK$2 billion) to expand the lineup, which spent £65 million (about HK$650 million) from Chelsea to buy 24-year-old German midfield star Xaviers. However, the German international failed to continue his brilliant performance at Chelsea, and his performance since joining the club has been frustrating. In the Premier League match against Crystal Palace in the early hours of last Tuesday (22), he contributed only one shot on goal, but failed to hit the target, the Adidas coach hoped that Xaviers can inject vitality into the midfield attack plan seems to be difficult to work.
Adidas had high hopes for Xaviers, even playing him up front against Manchester City in the Community Shield, but Xaviers missed a number of good scoring chances, without which the game might not have required an exchange of 12-yard shots. In his first Premier League match against Nottingham Forest, Xaviers also failed to score. This time around, his performance at Crystal Palace was still mediocre, with only 39 touches, two failed attempts to break through the opponent's defense, only 8 successes in 15 confrontations with the opponent, 6 loss of possession, 1 shot on goal and still no goal, and even voices pointing out that his passing ability is not as good as that of the departed defensive midfielder, Alexandre Gleshaja.
