Granit Xhaka has been withdrawn from Switzerland’s squad after he admitted receiving a fake Covid vaccination certificate in 2022.
Xhaka tested positive for Covid in September 2022 and the 33-year-old did not feature in Switzerland’s internationals that month.
The midfielder left north London to join Bayer Leverkusen in 2023 and arrived at the Stadium of Light two years later.
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Xhaka tested positive for Covid in September 2022 and the 33-year-old did not feature in Switzerland’s internationals that month. Xhaka will now miss the impending Nations League matches away to North Macedonia and Scotland and at home against Slovenia and North Macedonia.
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Sunderland captain withdrawn from Switzerland squad.
Granit Xhaka has been withdrawn from Switzerland’s squad after he admitted receiving a fake Covid vaccination certificate in 2022. The Sunderland and Switzerland captain – who was an Arsenal player at the time – has apologised for this “mistake” and will sit out his country’s forthcoming four Nations League matches.
Xhaka is poised to be questioned by the prosecutor’s office in Lucerne next week as it decides whether any criminal proceedings will be initiated regarding the alleged issue of a series of false Covid certificates by a doctor based in the Swiss city during the pandemic. The doctor has denied the allegations.
In a statement issued via Instagram, Xhaka said he had decided not to be inoculated against the virus.
Xhaka tested positive for Covid in September 2022 and the 33-year-old did not feature in Switzerland’s internationals that month.
Given that Xhaka was with Arsenal in 2022, Sunderland have told the Guardian they are not commenting on the matter. The midfielder left north London to join Bayer Leverkusen in 2023 and arrived at the Stadium of Light two years later.
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