Gallas to play against Kiev but Fabregas captains Arsenal

William Gallas will play for Arsenal against Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday but manager Arsene Wenger said the captaincy had now passed permanently to Cesc Fabregas.

France defender Gallas was stripped of the club captaincy, fined two weeks’ wages and dropped from the squad that lost 3-0 at Manchester City last weekend, the north London club’s third defeat in four Premier League games, after publicly criticising his team-mates.