Neil Lennon offers a pretty damning comparison of Arsenal newboy Granit Xhaka

Arsenal fans won't like this.

Granit Xhaka signed for Arsenal before Euro 2016, costing the Gunners around £30m from Borussia Monchengladbach and since then Gunners haven't stopped fawning over his performances at this summer's tournament in France. The Swiss midfielder is technically gifted with a cultured left-foot - so an archetypal Arsenal player. But he is also fond of a tackle, and many feel he will provide some much needed steel to Arsenal's engine-room. And after putting in two man-of-the-match performances in his first two games for Switzerland in Group A, Arsenal fans are understandably excited. However, Neil Lennon isn't convinced and following Switzerland's goalless draw with France made a rather unflattering comparison between the 23-year-old and a certain Stoke City and Scotland midfielder. On BBC Radio 5 Live, Lennon said:

"I've not been that impressed. He [Xhaka] is all right. He reminds me of Charlie Adam."

Adam has a had a decent career by any metric, but he's not exactly going to be top of Arsenal's transfer list. Danny Murphy was another ex-pro to have his say on Xhaka. However, the Switzerland v France game may be one of the first times the BBC co-commentator has watched the midfielder. https://twitter.com/RWABriggs/status/744618963942969344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw