Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka is set to dodge a FIFA ban.

The Switzerland skipper celebrated Friday's stormy 3-2 win against bitter rivals Serbia by donning his country's number 26 shirt with the name Jashari.

But Xhaka denied that it was a reference to Adem Jashari, the founder of the Kosovo Liberation Army who was killed by Serbian police in a battle for national independence in 1998.

And he insisted he was simply sharing the joy with Swiss squad player Ardon Jashari, even though the rookie midfielder did not even leave the subs' bench.

He said: “There is no political thought behind the shirt at all. Ardon is a boy I really like and spend a lot of time with every day.

“At his age I was almost as far as he was and he asks for a lot of advice from me, so I promised him that if we won I'd put his jersey on."