Arsenal legend, Ian Wright has asked Granit Xhaka to apologise for his outburst against fans in the 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace.
The Swiss international was met with a roar of boos and jeers from the crowd when his name got called up by Unai Emery. Xhaka turned on the reaction and simply said, “F**** off” before disappearing into the tunnel.
Ian Wright insisted the behaviour was inexcusable, as he said after the disappointing draw at the Emirates, “He should apologise. That’s the captain. He should have apologised already.
“[If he apologises] it’s not a case of that’s the end of it, but that’s the guy they’ve chosen as the captain and that’s not captain’s behaviour. Arsenal fans have showed a lot of patience with him and the performances he’s put in. He owes them a lot more than acting like that.”
“Players getting booed is not the best at the best of times,” Wright continued. “I think they’re frustrated with the fact he’s not run off the pitch. I’ve seen him substituted before and he’s bolted off the pitch.
“This time he’s walked off. Now he’s goading them. We’re talking about fans that have watched him play, in the four years he’s been there, a handful of good games and he’s treating the fans like that.”
“He’s the captain, so he’s got the responsibility of being able to take that on board because he’s been voted as the captain,” Wright went on.
“You can’t go like that. The amount of stick that someone like Mesut Ozil’s got, I can understand if Mesut Ozil came off and threw his shirt down, but [Xhaka] is the captain; the manager’s got faith in him.”
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