Swiss coach Murat Yakin saluted Granit Xhaka as being "a character" after the Arsenal midfielder was caught up in more controversy.
The former Basel defender gave the Gunners enforcer a resounding thumbs-up after his gesture following the final group game with Switzerland prompted FIFA into launching a probe. Xhaka scored a goal in the 3-2 victory over Serbia and then celebrated by holding up a shirt bearing the name ‘Jashari’, in reference to the founder of the Kosovan Liberation Army.
The Arsenal man was forced to flee with his family from what is now the independent state during the Balkan Wars of the late 1990s. Emotions are still running deep.
