Former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra has revealed that legendary Arsenal striker Thiery Henry had once turned off the television after seeing Granit Xhaka wear the captain’s armband.
The Swiss earned a red card for choking Burnley’s Ashley Westwood during the Premier League match at the Emirates on Sunday.
Arsenal suffered another home loss after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang inadvertently headed into his own net to hand Burnley the lead.
Evra during a post-match SkySports coverage slammed the midfielder, and revealed the feelings of his former France team mate on the 28-year-old.
Evra said, “We’re talking about Xhaka, I will tell you a quick story. Thierry Henry one day invited me to his house, he said “come Patrice, we’re going to watch the Arsenal game”.
“He turned on the TV. The first image we saw on the screen it was Xhaka leading Arsenal, being the captain – Thierry Henry turned off the TV.
“I said “What’s happened?”. He said “I can’t watch my team and Xhaka being the captain of my team”, and we didn’t watch the game.
“We started talking about many things and he turned off the screen. It tells you everything of what the legends of this club think about him. He again let down his team.
“We criticised Pepe so much, but Xhaka’s it’s not the first time. I remember even two years ago I made a comment about Arsenal saying the team look like babies and he came out “Patrice Evra it’s not the first time he spoke about us”.
“I remember the next game, he gets substituted or he gets off and he takes off his shirt and he throws it on the floor. So, we had enough of Xhaka. I think Arsenal fans have had enough of him.”
The Gunners were condemned to their seventh defeat of the season in just 12 Premier League games leaving them in 15th position before the game against 4th placed Southampton.
