A fund-raising page has been set up for long-serving Arsenal mascot Gunnersaurus after it was reported he had been let go by the club.
The Athletic reported Gunnersaurus, who has been the club's mascot for 27 years – even before Arsene Wenger arrived at the club – has been asked to leave with his role no longer deemed necessary as fans are not able to attend matches.
As a result, a GoFundMe page for Jerry Quy, who has played the dinosaur mascot since 1993, has been set up.
A statement on the page read: "Gunnersaurus has been the Arsenal club mascot for 27 years. He's a club icon and we cannot let him become extinct.
"Played by lifelong fan Jerry Quy, it would be a terrible shame to lose him. The mascot league is the only one we've consistently been on top off, let's keep our all time top scorer on top."
You’re going nowhere @Gunnersaurus.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 5, 2020
I refuse to let @Arsenal sack you. Come on @m8arteta @Aubameyang7 - this is not what our club is about. 😡😡#savegunnersaurus pic.twitter.com/KuHZvtQ22Z
The report of Gunnersaurus' departure drew criticism on social media, with Arsenal fan and TV presenter Piers Morgan saying on Twitter: "WHAT? This had better not be true. Is it @Arsenal ??!".
Gary Lineker tweeted: "Shouldn't be necessary, but it might be a good move and an act of kindness for the @Arsenal players and manager to club together and sort out this absurdity."
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