From the time Wenger joined Arsenal in 1996, no one could have imagined that Arsenal's road to captainship would be so bumpy.
Adams is Wenger's old captain before he took office, but even if you only count the six years he has been captain under Wenger, he will still be arsenal's longest-serving captain in the next two decades.
After that: Vieira and Henry left Arsenal shortly after putting on the captain's armband, Gilberto even left only a picture of the captain's makeup, and Wenger's trusted Gala caused a lot of trouble because of his autobiography to the club.
Arsenal's bad choices keep coming
Wenger was forced to replace Gala and handed over the captain's armband to Fabregas, who had high hopes for him, and the young Fabregas did not disappoint Wenger, he supported Arsenal for a difficult period, and he also continued the path of his predecessors and left Arsenal.
The story that makes Arsenal fans desperate and sad will not be said here.
Wenger is undoubtedly disappointed, he chose Van Persie, who is good at dealing with injuries, not only because Van Persie was in the sky at that time, ushered in a personal peak, more importantly, Van Persie is already a veteran of the Arsenal team and deserves this honor.
Van Persie chose personal honors
Van Persie scored 30 goals in 2011/12 and won the Premier League Golden Boot, but Arsenal are only one point higher than Tottenham, a 19-point gap away from the top two manchester City duo in the league.
Van Persie is well aware that Arsenal are no longer the Arsenal he was when he first arrived and he won nothing to stay here.
So Van Persie moved to Manchester United to help Them win the Premier League title in 2012/13, and he only captained for one season, which is much less than he spent at Arsenal recovering from injuries.
Wenger once again found a not-so-good candidate, but again one of the few veterans in Arsenal's squad: Vermalen.
Wenger's choice was not good
Vermalen was also an injury-ridden player and soon disappeared from Arsenal's main squad, and two seasons later, Vermalen became Arsenal's third Arsenal captain to move to Barcelona in less than a decade.
Subsequently, Wenger's choice was OK, he chose the current Arsenal manager Arteta as manager, but Ateta was 31 years old at the time, and to be honest, Arteta did not come to the team for a long time, only more than two years.
Arteta started well, at least stabilizing Arsenal's captain, but at the end of his career he suffered a more serious injury, after which the captain was more likely to be replaced by Medesak.
Arteta thinks of Arsenal
After Arteta retired, Meudesack officially became the captain of the team, and also suffered from injuries shortly after, and had to retire as soon as possible, and the two of them saved the "traditional reputation" of Arsenal's previous sale of captains every year.
Before Medsack retired, Wenger also left his beloved team, and this time he would not make his own suggestions for the position of captain of the team.
Koscielny has been with Arsenal since 2010 and has often scored as a savior in the middle and late stages of Arsenal, becoming Arsenal's fourth French captain in nearly 20 years.
The good times were short-lived, becoming captain for only one season, and Koscielny, who had been honest for almost a decade, suddenly broke up and broke up with the club due to transfer problems, and some fans speculated that this had something to do with Wenger's departure.
Emery was forced to switch captains
After Koscielny moved to Bordeaux, Xhaka succeeded, but it wasn't long before Xhaka clashed violently with Arsenal fans, with Emery stripping Xhaka of his captain's armband.
Emery chose his own captain: Aubameyang.
Some media said that Emery's approach is conducive to consolidating his position.
But soon, Emery was also fired by Arsenal a month after Xhaka left office.
After that, Arteta took office, and until yesterday, Arsenal announced that they had stripped Aubameyang of his captain's armband, and Arsenal needed to find another captain in the team.
At the moment, Lacazette has the highest voice
For this young Arsenal team, it is difficult to decide, perhaps Lacazette is a more suitable captain, but he and Arsenal have not yet negotiated a contract extension and may leave the team next June.
Another suitable candidate is Xhaka, after all, he is the player who stays in Arsenal's current squad for a longer time, and he also has some captainial qualities, but Arsenal fans may not be satisfied.
In addition, most of the players have not been in the team for a long time, and many fans prefer to choose a temporary captain or a rotating captain mode.
Arsenal are the fourth youngest team in the Premier League
Looking back at Arsenal's 20 years, Arsenal's captain has gradually changed his style from Adams and Vieira, who are tough and macho, and now they want to choose a suitable captain.
What's more, the Arsenal captain's journey from the successive sale of captains to the near disqualification of captain now also says something.
Arsenal's captains are no longer "sought-after", and the quality of Arsenal's captains is declining, just like Arsenal's ranking in the Premier League.
Today, Arsenal, under the leadership of Arteta, has formed a youth army composed of many youth training, which is a vigorous team, Arteta has the courage to boldly use young people, and should also make his own suggestions, after all, he also has a wealth of captainial experience, which is where he is different from Wenger and Emery.
Arteta's choice might be better
Arteta's ability to win the captain's armband in Everton and Arsenal as a Spaniard is very telling, at least he has his own unique features in the management of the dressing room.
Since arsenal executives have chosen to trust Arteta, perhaps more support should be given to him, such as choosing the captain in Arteta's mind!