It was not too surprising to see the punishment handed out to Gallas after his revelations to try to sell his book. The Frenchman was fined and stripped of the captaincy.

William Gallas was last night sensationally stripped of the Arsenal captaincy by angry Arsene Wenger following his astonishing attack on his team-mates.

The French defender has also been fined two weeks' wages - £180,000 - and will not play against Manchester City today as he was not on the bus which travelled north from London yesterday.

Mirror Sport understands either keeper Manuel Almunia or left-back Gael Clichy will wear the skipper's armband for this afternoon's crunch encounter against Mark Hughes' men.
As for Gallas, his public humiliation from ruthless Wenger has almost certainly ended his time at Arsenal.

After being confronted by Wenger on Thursday about his public revelations of a feud with Robin van Persie and infighting amongst the Arsenal squad, the defender was subjected to a secondary dressing down by the Gunners boss yesterday. (The Mirror)

Is this going far enough? The fine is largely symbolic, no premiership football is going to miss two weeks wages, but at least Wenger has shown he has some mettle by removing Gallas from a position of responsibility.

Should Gallas now be sold? Can Arsenal afford to sell him? Who else can come in and play centre back in his absence?