Saturday, November 22, 2008

Arsenal: Gallas criticized and ostracized from the team

The defender William Gallas, who was attacked in England for criticizing his teammates, was left out of the Arsenal team for the championship match against Manchester City Saturday, a rejection that could convince merits of a return to France.

After a meeting with Wenger and his coaching team stretched according to witnesses, Gallas went home without board the bus which was driving the team towards the airport.

Gunners coach, Arsène Wenger is therefore went beyond the call to withdraw its Capitanata that have accumulated Friday in England. A fine should be imposed on the Blues defender. But it is now his future at the Gunners who is concerned As the winter transfer market.

The praise after the victory over Manchester United on November 8 (2-1), will therefore hardly lasted.

Gallas, 31 years old, was wrong to criticize his teammates, regretting their "inexperience" and felt that as captain he served as a "shield" and was "unjustly criticized."

The British were particularly shocked by the recent story of an altercation on October 29 at the half-time the match against Tottenham (4-4) with Dutchman Robin Van Persie does not cite it. A transgression of the sacrosanct "secret wardrobe" that its partners have not forgiven.

The day seems his autobiography, "Word to the defense" (in which he takes another young player, the French team this time), the press has been unleashed against what the Daily Telegraph calls "crotchety in the series. "Gallas is playing a leading role in the disqualification of Arsenal, slice the Evening Standard.

Groups of supporters are no longer wondering if the cuff should be withdrawn but must inherit the names of Kolo Toure (vice-captain but injured), Gael Clichy, Cesc Fabregas and Manuel Almunia being discussed.

Isolated before the new episode, Gallas will not benefit a great support in the locker room. This is not the first time that it takes its partners since becoming captain from Thierry Henry in the summer of 2007.

Last year, he publicly criticized Theo Walcott. In February 2008, he pointedly shunned on the lawn after a penalty conceded by Clichy allowing equalization of Birmingham at the end of the match.

His mood swings, like those kicks rageur in billboards, are deemed as signs of immaturity that motivation.

Gallas and physical punishment, recently photographed at the exit of a nightclub a cigarette in his mouth, is not protected by very average performance, as evidenced by its responsibility on the second goal of the Aston Villa week (2-1).

All this might reflect on the desirability of a return faster than expected in France. Only Marseille, Lyon, Paris-SG and perhaps Bordeaux seem to correspond to its status. The Parisian club leaders seem interested.

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