William Gallas is stripped of Arsenal captaincy

It has emerged that William Gallas has been stripped of the Arsenal Captaincy and also will not feature in the game at Manchester City on Saturday. It seems that Arsene Wenger has lost his patience with his wayward captain.

Gallas went public with criticisms of his fellow players and this now seems to have done the trick and now he has been relieved of the captaincy, an honour he always seems to struggle with. Arsenal's season has been erratic so far and the defence has been particularly poor, Gallas himself has not been great, he had a good game against Manchester United but then Arsenal lost against Aston Villa.

The Birmingham game last season was a turning point in Arsenal's season for the worse, and Gallas has not managed to redeem himself and his reputation ever since. It was widely anticipated that Gallas will not remain as captain for this season, but Wenger, being particularly loyal to his players gave Gallas another chance. But that may have proved to be a big mistake on Wenger's part, as was giving Gallas the captaincy in the first place.

Now Wenger has recognised the need to act before Arsenal's season is jeopardised any further.