Patrice Evra has suggested Granit Xhaka should offer to quit Arsenal after his red card against Burnley.
Xhaka was sent off for grabbing Ashley Westwood around the throat before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored an own goal as Arsenal lost 1-0 to deepen the crisis at Emirates Stadium.
Analysing the game as a pundit for Sky Sports, Evra claimed Arsenal legend Thierry Henry once refused to watch the club play because Xhaka was captain.
And Evra tore into the Swiss midfielder, saying: “If I am Mikel Arteta, I do not care about Xhaka coming in, holding his hands up and saying, ‘Sorry guys’. No, this is unacceptable.
“I have nothing against this player. But I am sorry it is time for him to say, ‘Do you know what guys, I have done enough here, I am hurting the fans, I am hurting my team-mates, I am hurting the manager, let me go away’.”
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Asked about Xhaka’s red card, Arteta said: “Unacceptable. In these conditions, even worse [than Nicolas Pepe’s sending off against Leeds]. Without winning football matches you cannot do that.”