A social media rumour that ‘Granit Xhaka’s cousin’ had confirmed the player’s move to Inter Milan has been shut down by the originator of the rumour himself.

In yet another instance of Arsenal Twitter losing their heads over a nonsense rumour, @GrimandiTweets_ spread some screenshots of ‘Granit Xhaka’s cousin’ confirming in a Facebook comment that the 26-year-old had requested to leave the club for Inter Milan.

According to the false claims, Xhaka had asked to leave if the club failed to qualify for the Champions League, and Arsenal were asking for around €55m.

Before long, it emerged that Agron Krasniqi wasn’t actually Xhaka’s cousin, but certain Twitter users continued to believe and spread the rumour anyway.

Thankfully, Krasniqi himself logged back into his old Twitter account to set everyone straight.

https://twitter.com/agronnk/status/1136457073108107264

This one has to be up there with Abou Diaby ‘confirming Higuain was joining’ whilst in a mosque, or the imaginary character Steve Woods hinting at Arsenal signing Karim Benzema from the grave.

Try to utilise at least a healthy dose of scepticism for the rest of the window please, Arsenal fans.