Robert de Zerbi reportedly fell out with Leandro Trossard when the Arsenal man played for Brighton.
De Zerbi only joined the Seagulls this season as a replacement for Graham Potter, who had left to manage Chelsea.
The Italian has made them even better than they were under Potter, but he did not find it easy with every player at the club when he first arrived.
Trossard was one of their best men and he expected to bank on the Belgian, but they fell out quickly.
Reports claimed De Zerbi did not pick the attacker for several reasons, including injury, which the Belgian informed the gaffer about.
When Trossard left, there seemed to be bad blood between them and they will reunite when Arsenal faces Brighton this weekend.
However, De Zerbi insists he has nothing against the Arsenal January signing. The Italian said via Metro Sport:
‘Trossard is a fantastic player. He was a fantastic player when he played for us and he still is a fantastic player.
‘Now we have other players. I am proud for my players and I’m proud of my squad.
‘I only want to speak about my players and don’t want to speak about players from other teams.’
Just Arsenal Opinion
Trossard has been a fine player for us and it does not matter how his spell at Brighton ended.
The Seagulls enjoyed his talent while it lasted. He is now an Arsenal player and we love how he has performed since he moved to the Emirates.
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De Zerbi been clever, that’s the political correct way to speak or not to about pass players,
He has nothing to gain bad mouthing Tossard and he could very well inspire a next MOTM performance from the Belgian.
But this is a game Tossard has to start in.
Most definitely he’s got to start.
What happened to the FA decision to dock points from Man City earlier this year after they were found in breach of financial rules? Why has this not been brought up by the media?
Swept under the carpet most likely daveg. The fair play rules are a travesty and it’s just becomes a case of City , similarly to Trump, having the money to hire X amount of lawyers and dragging out any case indefinitely until they have seen their prosecutor burned out because they can no longer keep up with the legal fees. At least in Italy Juventus have been made to sweat and suffer.