Patrice Evra opens up on former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry’s dislike of Gunners midfielder Granit Xhaka.
Former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry when declined to watch the Gunners in action since Granit Xhaka was using the captain’s armband for the club, according to Patrice Evra.
Speaking after Arsenal’s 1-0 home defeat to Burnley on Sunday night, Evra made the discovery when questioned about Xhaka’s red card against the Clarets, which got here after he faced Ashley Westwood
The Switzerland international has been a regular for Mikel Arteta‘s side this season in spite of some underwhelming efficiencies, and the 28-year-old has not in fact belonged of a winning Gunners side in the Premier League since the start of October.
“I will tell you a quick story. Thierry Henry one day invited me to his house to watch an Arsenal game,” former Manchester United defender Evra informedSky Sports News “He turned on the TELEVISION, the first image we saw on the screen was Xhaka leading the Arsenal team, being thecaptain Thierry Henry switched off the TELEVISION.
“I said, ‘What happened?’. He said, I cannot watch my team and Xhaka being the captain of my team and he turned off the screen. And we did not watch the game.”
Arsenal have only chosen up 13 points from their opening 12 matches of the 2020-21 Premier League season and currently take a seat in 15th position in the table.
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