Granit Xhaka will be absent for the next four Arsenal matches following his dismissal against Everton at the weekend, his second straight red-card in his debut season in the Premier League.
Handed his marching orders for a two-footed scissor challenge, Xhaka has already earned himself a reputation as a hot-head who lacks discipline-which is nothing new when you consider his record abroad, as he’s been sent off FIVE times since the start of last season.
Naturally, comparisons to the likes of Paul Scholes and Gennaro Gattuso have followed; with both players being excellent in their prime but spending a lot of their time on the wrong side of the law.
Compared to the Premier League’s ‘nutcases’, Xhaka has joined an ‘illustrious’ list of hot-heads who did not take long to earn two red cards for their respective sides- although Xhaka, who took 19 games, has faired far better than team-mate Laurent Koscielny, who earned two red cards in his first eight appearances in English football.
At the ‘top’ of the rankings is former West Ham man Tomas Repka, who was sent off twice in his first three Premier League appearances. Remarkably, he stayed in East London for five years and made a further 164 appearances in the league.
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