LARGE amount of responsibility comes with being captain of a top football club.

You have to let people know the team is together and if that doesn’t happen, you get anarchy.

At the moment, it seems like anarchy at Arsenal.

William Gallas is a very passionate man and I admire the fact that he clearly cares about his team.

On this occasion, though, he has got it wrong.

I cannot believe he spoke about a rat in the dressing room that the players do not like.

Gallas was also crazy to reveal a punch-up which happened during half-time against Spurs. Some things have to stay in the dressing room.

You always get fights but that’s part of football. Throughout my career, without exaggeration, I must have seen 20 proper fights at the training ground.

They can often prove to be a good thing as they can clear the air, but the problems can often begin when the incidents become public.

At the moment, Arsenal’s team spirit appears at a low ebb.

The captain must not only protect the players but must protect the fans.

Arsenal’s supporters are now wondering ‘what the hell is going on at our club’.

I thought him pointing the finger at a player ‘six years younger’ than himself was childish. He should have come out and named him or not mentioned him at all.

I’m not sure there are enough English players within the team to say ‘what’s going on’ and to sort things out. There’s no Tony Adams. No Steve Bould. There are clearly divisions in the dressing room. This needs to be sorted quickly.

The trouble is there are not enough leaders in that team.

What really worries me is the situation had been festering inside Gallas.

He did not just blurt the words out. He had been thinking about it. Now the situation’s exploded.

At times team spirit has appeared to be weak and that they are not fighting for each other. As a result, they will find it harder than ever against opposing teams, who will sense this frailty.

When I was at Arsenal, we used to resolve things in a coffee shop, a place along the King’s Road in London.

We ended up having our Christmas parties there as well, because of Tony Adams’ and Paul Merson’s problems with booze.

We always used to joke that we were the only players who had a Christmas party drinking hot chocolate!

But when we went there, we sorted things out. We solved our problems with each other — and had a laugh.

The players were in an environment away from the club and it was good for all of us.

I think the Arsenal players need to go away somewhere, outside the training ground, to get everyone back together.

Otherwise, I’m worried some of the foreign players will stay silent and think to themselves ‘I’ll keep quiet and go to another club in the summer’.

This can’t be allowed to happen and I’m hopeful it won’t.

Arsene Wenger has a team with great potential and he’s experienced enough to deal with the situation and get them playing for each other.

Gallas, the man guilty of starting this problem, needs to roll up his sleeves and show us what he’s made of.