Xhaka is not in Arsenal's squad for Wednesday's clash with Liverpool, however Emery suggested that was always going to be the case as he makes changes for the game.
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Unai Emery has told Granit Xhaka to apologise for telling his own supporters to “f*** off.”
But the Gunners manager claims it is too soon to strip Xhaka of the
Arsenal captaincy, saying: “He is not ready (to say sorry) because he is feeling down.”
But more than 48 hours since his monumental strop after being hauled off in the 2-2 draw with
Crystal Palace , Xhaka has NOT been disciplined by the club, has NOT had the armband taken away – and has NOT said sorry to the fans.
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Xhaka will not be involved in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup fourth-round tie at Liverpool but that decision had been taken before Sunday. Mesut Özil will travel, though, ending a run of six absences from the match-day squad and Emery said the playmaker could take the captain’s armband at Anfield.
“I’m not thinking exactly yet, but we are going to decide the first XI and [whether] he’s in the first XI,” he said. “It depends on who else plays. He could be [captain], yes.”
“We have had this morning a very good conversation, Mesut and me, and I said to him I haven’t changed my idea about him … It was a very good conversation and he’s in the group [for the Liverpool game].”
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Xhaka's eagle-eyed social media followers noticed that the 27-year-old had changed the main image on his profile.
It switched from a picture of him playing for the
Gunners to a snap of him in action for Switzerland.
After two separate screenshots went viral on Twitter, one furious fan replied: "Good, now leave in January and everyone is happy."
