{"id":1113426,"date":"2019-11-01T14:35:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T14:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1113426"},"modified":"2022-09-21T00:12:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T23:12:16","slug":"granit-xhaka-emery-confirms-midfielder-will-miss-wolves-v-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/granit-xhaka-emery-confirms-midfielder-will-miss-wolves-v-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Granit Xhaka: Emery confirms midfielder will miss Wolves v Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Arsenal manager Unai Emery has confirmed midfielder Granit Xhaka will not feature in their match against Wolves this weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Switzerland international was handed the captain&#8217;s armband for the Gunners earlier this season but was involved in an altercation with a section of the club&#8217;s supporters during a 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Is Emery right to shield Xhaka? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Xhaka was booed off the pitch during Arsenal&#8217;s 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace.<\/li>\n<li>He subsequently sat out their Carabao Cup match against Liverpool on Wednesday.<\/li>\n<li>Xhaka has since released a statement saying he and his family have suffered &#8220;repeated abuse&#8221; on social media and at matches.<\/li>\n<li>He also said his gestures toward Arsenal fans against Palace were as a result of him &#8220;reaching boiling point&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Emery has confirmed Xhaka will sit out Arsenal&#8217;s clash with Wolves on Saturday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7411631\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nXhaka&#8217;s substitution was cheered by parts of the Emirates crowd before he was booed for taking too long to walk off. His gestures to the reaction provoked more jeers in response.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath, the 27-year-old has released a statement saying he and his family have been threatened and that his actions in the Crystal Palace were as a result of him &#8220;reaching boiling point&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The following is a message from Granit Xhaka&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YG5lBKmQvi\">pic.twitter.com\/YG5lBKmQvi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1189985747580936192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The midfielder sat out Arsenal&#8217;s entertaining Carabao Cup clash with Liverpool on Wednesday and Emery has revealed he won&#8217;t be thrown back in against Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is training. He didn\u2019t play in Liverpool, for me, he is continuing. Above all [we are] focusing on tomorrow,&#8221; Emery told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The human, like everyone, feels. Xhaka\u2019s issues last week is one issue that needs time. He needs time to recover the normality in him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He said sorry, he gave the apology to the supporters and to everybody. Now is the focus on the match.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1024px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1113426-1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/31100559\/emery-ozil-substitution.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/31100559\/emery-ozil-substitution.mp4\">https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/31100559\/emery-ozil-substitution.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Although the treatment of Xhaka by certain sections of the Arsenal support has been nothing short of disgusting, it&#8217;s important to point out that the majority of fans have backed their captain, with a number of them showing their support in social media in response to his emotional statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you Granit \u2764<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kieran (@Afckierannnnnnn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Afckierannnnnnn\/status\/1189986506594824193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0YVktZltPh\">pic.twitter.com\/0YVktZltPh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bray (@brayjw1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brayjw1\/status\/1189986001906733056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some awful comments. Feel sorry for Xhaka. We are all humans end of the day. Hope we stop this and start supporting each and every Arsenal player<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; P\u2122 (@SemperFiArsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SemperFiArsenal\/status\/1189987099971182592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the pitch, the Gunners have won just one of their last four Premier League games with the pressuring piling up on Emery \u2013 three points against Wolves would go a long way toward easing the burden on the Spaniard&#8217;s shoulders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal manager Unai Emery has confirmed midfielder Granit Xhaka will not feature in their match against Wolves this weekend. The Switzerland international was handed the captain&#8217;s armband for the Gunners earlier this season but was involved in an altercation with a section of the club&#8217;s supporters during a 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace. Is Emery&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":1113093,"parent":0,"menu_order":4489,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Arsenal manager Unai Emery has confirmed midfielder Granit Xhaka will not feature in their match against Wolves on Saturday.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1113426","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Granit Xhaka: Emery confirms midfielder will miss Wolves v Arsenal | Squawka | EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Arsenal manager Unai Emery has confirmed midfielder Granit Xhaka will not feature in their match against Wolves on Saturday.\" 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