Sunday 23 November 2008

Arsenal ultimatum: Gallas apologize....


Arsenal board has made an ultimatum for their former captain William Gallas, he must apologise for his recent comments or he can leave a club...

The Frenchman was stripped of the Arsenal captaincy on Friday following remarks made to the press about his team mates and was also dropped for yesterday’s trip to Manchester City, which the Gunners lost 0-3.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger refused to discuss his former captain after the game and the defender’s future at the club currently looks unclear.

The News of the World reports that Gallas was furious when informed he was no longer captain, a role he cherished.

“Gallas went ballistic when he was told by Wenger he had lost the captaincy and the row escalated from there,” the paper quotes a ‘source’ as saying.

“He loved being captain. It was the first time in his career he had held the role as a captain. He wanted to remain as captain”

The paper goes on to claim that the defender must apologise to Wenger and his team mates if he is to remain a Gunner.

It states, “He will find it difficult to apologise for his behaviour, which is the only thing he can do to play for the club again.”

Of course Gallas has courted controversy throughout his career and this is not the first time he has clashed with the club’s hierarchy.

Yet the paper suggests that Arsenal have become tired of Gallas’ antics and that Wenger, in particular, has lost patience with his compatriot.

“Arsene is not happy with him. He had stuck by him and publicly defended him many times but this has been the final straw,” added the source.

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