Did Granit Xhaka, the Swiss international of Arsenal take a warning in order to win a bet at 300,000 euros? The Premier League has authorized an investigation.

Last December 18, during Arsenal’s victory at Leeds (4-1), Granit Xhaka removed a totally stupid warning as the Swiss player saw yellow after taking a huge time to take a free kick in midfield , as the referee and Mikel Arteta grew impatient. Until then nothing very special, even if this sequence had already made the social networks laugh, the attitude of Xhaka seeming a little childish since we were playing the 86th minute and the Gunners were leading 4 to 1. But a site of online betting quickly alerted the English authorities and other bookmakers, since a man had bet 70,000 euros on the fact that the Swiss international was going to take a warning during this same meeting, which allowed him to win 300,000 euros.

Granit Xhaka’s 86th-minute booking against Leeds is under investigation by the FA.

Anyone think he was wasting time?

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Because if in France this kind of bet is not possible, it is completely legal in England. Obviously, the fact that Granit Xhaka is avoided is not exceptional, he has moreover just taken a red against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup and will be suspended this Sunday against Burnley, but it is above all the amount wagered that has put in alert the Premier League. Questioned by the Sun, Arsenal and the FA did not want to communicate on this ongoing investigation, the tabloid recalling that recently a D3 player had been suspended for 6 years for having warned friends to bet on the fact that he was going to take a warning in two consecutive matches.