Former Manchester United player, Gary Neville has said Arsenal star, Granit Xhaka must be ready to accept fan criticism.
Arsenal recently stripped Xhaka of the captaincy after his angry response to being booed by his own supporters in a recent Premier League match against Crystal Palace.
Reacting, Neville believes the new generation players must learn to grow thick skin to handle the intense scrutiny they are placed under every week.
His words, “All’s fair in love and war,”
“[In games] against Liverpool they were singing about my mum. I wasn’t happy but it didn’t bother me. I was booed for 12 months for England as a Manchester United player, but you just accept it as part of the game.
“Look at what’s happened with the targeting of black players, people think that anything goes. We have to stop that. The fines for Bulgaria were unacceptable.
“There is change happening. Football should be a pioneer for change, but overall football is a safer place to watch, there are more families.
“The games are fantastic football matches. We have the best football in Europe at the moment. There are so many positives.”
“Football players are perceived differently now,”
“[The treatment of] Xhaka was not down to cost or rising prices, that’s always happened, but it doesn’t get away from the fact that fans are being left behind.”
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