Arsenal captain William Gallas
looks to have landed himself in hot water with manager Arsene
Wenger.
The France international was pictured on the back page of a
national newspaper with what appeared to be an unlit cigarette in
his mouth.
Wenger admitted he had not seen the grainy image, but planned to
discuss the matter with his captain and will take the appropriate
action.
The Emirates Stadium boss told Sky Sports News: "I did
not see the picture, I have been informed about it.
"I don't like that.
"I will check that with him. He has a responsibility as captain
of Arsenal football club. That cannot be accepted."
Wenger has also moved to clarify his comments over the support
the Gunners receive at Emirates Stadium.
He added: "I do not want them (the supporters) not to expect
success, it is right that they expect success. There is no real
issue, but the newspapers many times stray a little bit to the
negative side.
"I wanted to be positive and say there are plenty of reasons to
be optimistic and that's why we want your complete support at the
Emirates and to be behind the team.
"We can achieve success this year, not next year, and we don't
want to take the fact that we are young as an excuse.
"We want you (the supporters) to be completely behind the team
despite the fact that last year you were disappointed that we
didn't win the Premiership."