Xhaka accused of ‘f***** white b*tch’ airport rant

Granit Xhaka has been interviewed by police after being accused of racially abusing a member of staff at Heathrow airport on Monday night.

The Swiss star, who is facing a four-match ban after his second sending off of the season for Arsenal against Burnley just over 24 hours previously, was believed to be seeing off a friend at Terminal 5.

The Telegraph claims the friend was refused entry on to a flight to Germany after arriving late for boarding and the broadsheet reported: “A stunned witness claimed the 24-year-old midfielder, who cost Arsenal £32.5million from German club Borussia Monchengladbach, racially abused a member of staff in German, at which point airport security and police were called. Xhaka was then taken to a west London police station for questioning.”

The Independent claim Xhaka, who has Kosovo, Albanian parents, is alleged to have called a British Airways staff member a “f***ing white bitch” – a comment that another member of staff claims to have overheard.

Xhaka has denied the vocabulary he is accused of using, while Arsenal have refused to comment on the situation.

A Metropolitan Police statement read: “Police were called at 19:29hrs on Monday, 23 January following an allegation that a member of staff had been racially abused at Heathrow Airport, Terminal Five.

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“The allegation was made by a third party. “Officers attended and spoke with a man in his 20s. He was not arrested. He voluntarily attended a west London police station where he was interviewed under caution.

“Enquiries continue.”

The report claims Wenger is unaware of Xhaka’s police caution on Tuesday, but will hold talks with the player over exactly what happened.