Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has endorsed Arsene Wenger's decision to strip William Gallas of the club's captaincy and described the defender as having "a problem".
The 31-year-old was stripped of the armband for making a series of critical comments about his team-mates while on international duty last week. He did not travel to Manchester for Saturday's 3-0 defeat at City and his future at the club remains in considerable doubt.
Speaking to the Sunday Mirror, Hill-Wood declared: "This issue has shown that Arsene can be ruthless. He has to be otherwise people can run all over you.
"As for whether Gallas has a future at the club, that will be up to Arsene. But I think Gallas has got a problem. Arsene will advise the board over that and we will support him no matter what.
"We will all be at The Emirates on Tuesday [for the Champions League fixture with Dynamo Kiev] and I am sure the matter will be discussed with Arsene. And 100 per cent we will endorse what he decides about Gallas."
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Spareshirt
"Looks like the board are getting ready to sell him. Hopefully that means they are thinking about replacements. Upson & noble could be good options."
danny1987uk
"When he was at Chelsea he had a dodgy attitude hence the threat to score an own goal.
Is this really unexpected ?? He'll be threatening to score an own goal unless Aresenal sell him in Janaury. He's only happy when the team are winning. When there losing he has his tantrums and tries to blame everyone else appart from himself.
Sell him off and replace him with someone who can do a good job for the whole team."
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