TWITTER piled in on Granit Xhaka after Gary Neville dismissed the statistic about the Arsenal man having had the most touches of any Arsenal player this season.
Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler revealed the stat during commentary of the Gunners’ clash at West Brom.
But a shocked Neville replied that if that stat had been about mistimed tackles, he would have believed it.
Before adding it was probably because he because “he takes four touches when he should be taking one” — suggesting he struggles to control the ball.
Xhaka has drawn a mixed — at best — response from Arsenal fans since joining last summer.
He is a regular in the referee’s notepad, but can contribute the odd screamer.
However, few have really been able to put their finger on exactly what his best attributes are.
And, after Neville made it clear he is not a fan of the former Borussia Monchengladbach man, Twitter did what it does best.
Here are a selection of the best responses.
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Gary Neville has just destroyed That Xhaka" from Arsenal, He’s having 4 touches when he should be doing it in 1
— robert guest (@robguest123) December 31, 2017
Gary Neville has just destroyed Xhaka
. He’s having 4 touches when he should be doing it in 1
— Mark (@sparkz91) December 31, 2017
Gary Neville is mocking Xhaka
— . (@ARRMHEAD) December 31, 2017
Gary Neville not a fan of Xhaka then
— Steve Folland (@SteveFolland87) December 31, 2017
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