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Arsenal new boy Granit Xhaka 'intelligent enough' to overcome red card problem

Daily Mail | October 18, 2016

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Arsene Wenger believes Granit Xhaka is 'intelligent enough' to solve his disciplinary issues.

The Arsenal midfielder was sent off for the eighth time in two and a half years when he cynically wiped out Modou Barrow against Swansea on Saturday.

Only one of those dismissals has followed Xhaka's £34million move from Borussia Monchengladbach, with Wenger saying: 'We are not responsible for the red cards he got somewhere else.

(L-R) David Ospina, Shkodran Mustafi and Granit Xhaka, who was sent off in Arsenal's 3-2 win over Swansea on Saturday
(L-R) David Ospina, Shkodran Mustafi and Granit Xhaka, who was sent off in Arsenal's 3-2 win over Swansea on Saturday
u00a0Xhaka, who joined Arsenal this summer, u00a0has been sent off eight times in less than three years
Xhaka, who joined Arsenal this summer, has been sent off eight times in less than three years
The Swiss international, in training with Santi Cazorla today, could still play in the Champions League despite his three match suspension, which Arsenal have not appealed
The Swiss international, in training with Santi Cazorla today, could still play in the Champions League despite his three match suspension, which Arsenal have not appealed

'He made a foul against Swansea which might have got him a yellow or a red card.

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