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West Ham captain Noble urges Xhaka to leave Arsenal

West Ham captain Mark Noble has urged Granit Xhaka to leave Arsenal.

Noble feels the Gunners boo-boys will never let up from their barracking of the Swiss.

He wrote for the London Evening Standard: "Granit is one of those players who wears his heart on his sleeve and it's tough for him at the moment.

"In all honesty, the best solution might be to tell his agent, “Look, they don't like me here, so maybe it's best if I go and play somewhere else". There would be a lot of takers for him because he is a quality player and it does seem, from the outside, that his fellow players love him, both as a professional and a ­person. If I was him I would say, “I've had a great time here, but it's not worked out recently and it's time for a new challenge".

"I remember Slaven Bilic telling me, “Once the box is open, it never closes". The chances are that, if he makes one bad pass in the next match in which he plays, they'll be on him again."

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