Patrice Evra: Thierry Henry couldn’t face watching Arsenal with Granit Xhaka as captain

ByMarcus Foley

Updated 14/12/2020 at 00:36 GMT

Thierry Henry is not a fan of Granit Xhaka that is according to Sky pundit Patrice Evra. The former Manchester United full-back told Sky Sports that Henry once refused to watch an Arsenal game when Xhaka led the team out. The pundit told the tale after the Swiss midfielder was dismissed in Arsenal’s defeat to Burnley.

Thierry Henry refused to watch an Arsenal game when he realised Granit Xhaka was captain that is according to his former France team-mate and current Sky pundit Patrice Evra.

Evra recounted the story in the wake of Arsenal’s 1-0 home defeat to Burnley, a match in which Xhaka saw red for grabbing Ashley Westwood by the throat.

"Thierry Henry, one day he invited me to his house to watch Arsenal,” began Evra.

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He turned on the TV, the first image he saw on the screen was Granit Xhaka leading out Arsenal and Henry turned off the TV.

“I asked what happened. He said, 'I can't watch my team and Xhaka being the captain.'

“And we didn’t watch the game and that tells you what the legends of Arsenal think about Xhaka.”

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