Arsenal manager, Unai Emery has hinted that Granit Xhaka might never play for Arsenal again.
According to him, a potential sale has even be discussed for January.
Xhaka, who was recently stripped of the captaincy after an incident with the fans will not be in the squad for Leicester City clash on Saturday afternoon after Emery said he is still not prepared to play.
Granit will feature for Switzerland over the international break, but Unai believes Xhaka is also not sure if he will be part of his plans when he comes back ahead of the Southampton game.
His words, “I don’t know if he’s going to play again,”
“If he is available in his mind to continue helping us and continuing defending the Arsenal shirt, I think time gives us that solution.
“If I decide he is in the group with us, if he is ready and 100 per cent in his mind to help us play with his quality, we know we need that quality and that player.
“It’s important now to stay with Granit. We are going to continue but the club knows how he is thinking and also how I am thinking about that circumstance.”
“The club knows the player’s decision at the moment and my idea about that situation and the circumstances.
“We are now a little weaker without him in that position because we have one less player in that position.
“[At the moment] I am not thinking about that [selling him] because we are in November and we are going to play a lot of matches in November and December. We cannot change him in that two months.”
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