Granit Xhaka has 'betrayed' Arsenal and should be stripped of the captaincy immediately for appearing to swear at fans and storming down the tunnel on Sunday, according to Gunners legend Emmanuel Petit.

The 27-year-old was only officially confirmed as Arsenal's club captain just over a month ago, but could now be punished by losing the armband.
And Petit, writing for Paddy Power, would agree if that was the outcome.
He said: 'I have never seen something like what happened with Granit Xhaka before. For me, he can't be the Arsenal captain any longer. It's impossible, what he did was unacceptable.
'What he did on the pitch is one thing, I've made it clear that I don't know what he adds to the team.
'But what Xhaka did as he left the pitch is totally different. You can't do that - it's like betrayal in England.'

'I played with guys like Tony Adams and Patrick Vieira - real leaders, big captains - and they showed the personality and character of what it means to be Arsenal captain, whatever happened on the pitch,'
'Adams and Vieira always respected the fans - I don't think Xhaka understand what it means to be a supporter in England.
'He doesn't know the love those people have for the club and the players, they always support you. I appreciate my time in England because of that.
'I have witnessed fans booing players before, of course, but not like this. The anger was something else. It's clear, they don't want Xhaka to play for Arsenal any more.'
Petit, who won the Premier League and the FA Cup when at Arsenal, believes the Xhaka situation is now a real test of authority for under-pressure manager Unai Emery.
'It's very difficult for the Arsenal fans to forgive Xhaka. They don't want him to play for their club any more,' he added.
'To pass over what happened would be really difficult for Unai Emery – is he going to have the guts to keep Xhaka as captain? I'm not sure.
'But, more importantly, are the club are going to do something about what happened? I think they have to, as a message to the fans and the players.'
Arsenal return to action on Wednesday night when they play Liverpool in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup and it remains to be seen whether Emery picks Xhaka.
'I know it's difficult, especially with the pressure Xhaka has been under for the last few weeks,' said Petit.
'He's been criticised by the fans and the media – by me, too, as a player, rather than as a person – but this is what it means to be captain of a big club.
'Now, Xhaka has to be very solid in his mind. He needs to realise that what happened on Sunday was a mistake. I'm pretty sure he's going to come up with an excuse, though.
'For now, I'll be very surprised if he's on the team-sheet for the Liverpool game.'
But Petit also believes that Emery must take some share of the blame for this Xhaka situation.
'Emery didn't help him at all, in honestly. He knows Xhaka has been getting criticised for weeks, so what message does it send substituting this player, his captain, after an hour?
'If you remember, the same thing happened against Sheffield United, again when they needed to chase the win.
'Clearly, doing that two league games in a row tells the world that you don't think your captain is at the right level to play.
'Either he's lying to us, or he's lying in the dressing room to his team and Xhaka. But his actions tell me that Emery doesn't have the confidence in Xhaka.'
diwadmnu
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long life mustafi..... long life phil jones......
4777Amin
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Typical scousers everyone’s fault except themselves
Well dude, I don't give a flying pleep, it's your captain, Xhaka plus it's my opinion excuse or not... next time read the article before you comment!
Vobbioprtu
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petit out of ur mind
apostlepistol
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we all humans being and I give my support to Xhaka even that I'm not Arsenal fan but I fell for him and I pray God to protect him in this dificult time is not easy to be hated by you own people.
That's a leader for you
apostlepistol
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petit is right, even we fans watching the matches at home are not happy talk less of fans go to the pitch and watch the game see he must learn how to control pressure and frustration the captain band is sign of leadership if team is well organized kudos will go for leader and if team is turning otherwise the blame will definitely be on leader, like Neville said he should learn from his mistakes if he wants to be a great leader.
Zere8
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the fans should go to see psychologist to release some stress, if you abused your own people means theres something in you that you need to let go. Go seek doctor before it is too late
dukdiry
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Truth is, we can go out and blame anyone but outbursts, Balotelli, Evra, Xhaka... truth is sometimes humans have to be humans and the only way to avoid this is by the fans keeping it together and player given counsel so they can handle the pressure.
Typical scousers everyone’s fault except themselves
dukdiry
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Truth is, we can go out and blame anyone but outbursts, Balotelli, Evra, Xhaka... truth is sometimes humans have to be humans and the only way to avoid this is by the fans keeping it together and player given counsel so they can handle the pressure.
Council my arse, that’s why this country is fucked cos idiots using the pathetic excuses they do... be a man and accept criticism or get another job... soft babies..
dukdiry
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Man up you sad people.... fans pay these spoilt brats wages.. get on with it and stop crying...
Herve2
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we all humans being and I give my support to Xhaka even that I'm not Arsenal fan but I fell for him and I pray God to protect him in this dificult time is not easy to be hated by you own people.
ronaldo and messi
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villains in England - thanos, ultoron, granit xhaka .
Whit
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F off Arsenal Fans! Don’t deserve this guy in the club...
4777Amin
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Truth is, we can go out and blame anyone but outbursts, Balotelli, Evra, Xhaka... truth is sometimes humans have to be humans and the only way to avoid this is by the fans keeping it together and player given counsel so they can handle the pressure.
FaithEvans
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People trying to justify toxicity because it is directed to Granit Xhaka and they don't like him, fine... How about this one? How about the one directed to Xhaka's wife, y'all forget toxicity is like cancer, it spreads its poison and has no regards for rationality, it'll keep going and going, till no one wants to play for us anymore... we don't pay top salaries, we don't compete at the required level and now we crucify the players who are even trying, what do we sell to players we want to buy? a chance to live in London?!... we're fast becoming a joke and the sad part is we're all contributors to that, from the hierarchy of the club to the least amenable fan out there... Stop the overreaction, stop the toxicity!
yenacenosy
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go to f**king hell Petit... leave Xhaka alone
veaadeimtu
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The fans had it wrong after going to his social media posting threat, raining curse on he's wife and kid, what do you expect of him, he's getting blamed for what Emery started, Xhaka was purely improving under Wengz but now has become something else, we're talking about Xhakaboom 🔥 🔥 🔥, the manager is getting it so hard to understand the quality of his squad, I like Emery a lot but he's certainly not the man to take us where we want
Suyalmpu
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you're really right legend petit....the coach should be sack...
pesadtyz
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God punish emery ooo he get better player he go dey bench dem
veaadeimtu
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Petit is simply just trying to write out words and which is really wrong of him to do so as a standing legend of the Club, he's job right now is to make things right not make it worse, well I'm not surprised cos he did the same wrong thing to Mustafi
sioekstuz
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for Liverpool game. Emery we want to see ozil in Liverpool game
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you don't use Cebalos and Ozil at the same time, the are all lezies...
Maravilla
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Torreira should be a regular starter like when he arrived. captaincy protect Xhaka so give it to the second one (aubameyang) or the third one (lacazette). after that Xhaka could easily be benched cause he adds nothing to our team like Says Emmanuel Petit !!!!!
Poumnpst
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Emmanuel Petit you are a Petit man for blaming Xhaka for his outburst when you should be blaming the Arsenal Fan's for treating our captain in that way so Xhaka should stand his ground I love my Arsenal FC but who will those fans pick on after our club is going to get worse because of Emery this is the start of things to come
vnsakashsingh
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wopilpsy
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Emery will play Xhaka on Wednesday mark my words
tupeikptz
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kasdeklmz
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for Liverpool game. Emery we want to see ozil in Liverpool game
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DAT is nt bad BT DA problem is funking coach .Thnks man for I dear we a still arsenal funs
kasdeklmz
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Very very fuking coach enough is enough for fool coach emery
zatabdnst
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for Liverpool game. Emery we want to see ozil in Liverpool game
dueetuyz
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uni emery must go enough is enough
ruubcdmoty
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for liverpool game