Aston Villa star John McGinn will not be stripped of his captaincy, despite footage emerging of an interaction with Ezri Konsa following his sending-off against Tottenham, according to Alan Hutton.
McGinn was shown the first red card of his Villa career as Unai Emery’s side lost 4-0 to Spurs on Sunday (10 March) as the Scottish international rushed across the pitch before colliding with Destiny Udogie midway through the second half.
After a bit of a confrontation between the two sides in Spurs’ technical area, Konsa was spotted on Sky Sports coverage gesturing towards McGinn to suggest that the Villa skipper had lost his head at a crucial time in the season.
While Hutton has been impressed by the versatile defender’s leadership this season, he doesn’t think the 27-year-old is in line to take over the Villa captaincy and expects Emery to stick with the Scotsman for the remainder of the season.
