Alex McLeish believes Alex Hleb went through a “mental beating” at Barcelona as the Birmingham midfielder aims to gun down his old team Arsenal today.
The Belarus midfielder was one of the Gunners’ crown jewels until he was plucked away by Spanish giants Barca for £14.5million in 2008.
He was the arrogant one. He played in Barca and was arrogant enough to refuse to learn Catalan when a tutor offered him some help.