Xhaka's dad rages at glamorous journalist who slammed his 'gesture' at World Cup

Granit Xhaka's dad got into a heated argument with stunning World Cup journalist Zana Avdiu after she criticised his son's controversial gesture during Switzerland's 3-2 win over Serbia last week.

The Arsenal midfielder was spotted grabbing his crotch and gesturing towards the Serbia bench during their highly-charged clash on Friday, prompting the substitutes to angrily spill out onto the pitch.

Kosovan journalist Zana Avdiu raged on Facebook: "Granit Xhaka's act is a disgrace. An act of a street boy," and added on Kosovan TV channel T7: "What does it say about our society when we celebrate such a gesture?"

Avdiu argued Xhaka's gesture "symbolised a sexual assault," prompting Xhaka's furious father Ragip to phone in to the show.

"If she calls Granit Xhaka a street urchin, that's a great shame," Ragip fumed. "The woman who sits on this show and has no idea about sports, emotions, or Albanians.

"These people insult his mother, his wife and children, make a number of gestures, chant 'Kill the Albanians!', 'Kosovo is Serbia!' and she calls Granit a street boy.

"Granit's gesture was neither political nor sexist. Granit is Granit. He didn't make this gesture to offend anyone."

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The Xhaka family are ethnically Albanian, but moved from neighbouring Kosovo to Switzerland at the outbreak of the Yugoslav War, just before Granit was born.

When Switzerland faced Serbia at the 2018 World Cup, both Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri, who both have Kosovan roots, were fined over £10,000 for celebrating their goals with a pro-Kosovo double eagle gesture.