Unai Emery on Friday named the five Arsenal players he has appointed as captains for this season.

The new manager confirmed that Laurent Koscielny, currently out injured, would be his main captain, but that he would be backed up by Petr Cech, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil and Granit Xhaka.

Cech is expected to be handed the armband on Saturday when Manchester City visit the Emirates for the first Arsenal game in 22 years not managed by Arsene Wenger.

“In my career, I want leaders in the team. The representation for every player and in every time in the season [there is] the capacity to do that,” Emery said.

“Maybe there will be more ­leaders in the team to show this ­captaincy, not just in the captains’ group. But these five players are in this possibility to be the captain.”