The top midfielder that Mourinho cannot get is leading the newly promoted Premier League team to create miracles

In the 10th round of the Premier League, newly promoted Sunderland drew with Everton with Xhaka's long shot. After 10 rounds, they scored 18 points and entered the Champions League.

Captain of the Black Cats, all-around warrior

In this campaign, the 33-year-old Xhaka touched the ball 88 times, sent 5 threatening balls, found teammates with 3 crosses, initiated offenses with long passes 9 times, completed 3 steals and 1 interception. In the second half, the long-range shot opened up Sunderland's goal account, and he was awarded the MVP with a rating of 9.2 points.

That year, Xhaka played for Arsenal for 7 seasons. After moving to Bayer Leverkusen, he won the Bundesliga championship. When he first joined Sunderland, he served as the team captain and handed over a transcript of 1 goal and 3 assists in 10 games.

Miss Fenerbahce and help Sunderland

In the summer window that just passed, Xhaka was close to joining Fenerbahce. Mourinho wanted to get the Swiss midfielder when he was coaching Roma. In the end, it was Sunderland who impressed him with their sincerity. As an old-school central midfielder, Xhaka has outstanding confrontation ability and open-minded style of play, which makes him very suitable to serve as the main force in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League. In the past two seasons, all newly promoted teams in the Premier League have been relegated, and Sunderland may end this record under the leadership of Xhaka.