Mikel Arteta axed "embarrassing" Arsenal star after shameless brag to Brighton rival

That was not the end of things, with Guendouzi soon marching right back over to Maupay after he'd got up to brag about being on more money than the then-Brighton striker. The Frenchman was dubbed "embarrassing" by talkSPORT regular Ally McCoist and it soon turned out that Maupay was actually on around £10,000 more per-week than the midfielder anyway.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is all for his players showing a bit of fight, but it is believed that he did not take kindly to Guendouzi's shameless remarks towards Maupay at full-time. The Spaniard soon excluded the young midfielder from Gunners training, before loan spells at Hertha BSC and Marseille soon followed.

In the summer of 2022, Guendouzi left Arsenal and put pen to paper on a permanent deal with Marseille, where he remains to date. It just so happened that the now infamous game away at Brighton was his last in an Arsenal shirt, with Arteta not taking kindly to such a temper tantrum.

Though both Guendouzi and Maupay have since long left the clubs involved, Members of the current Arsenal crop should take note - steer clear of such conduct when the Seagulls roll into town on Sunday, or risk Arteta's wrath