Out-of-favour Ozil ready to ‘frustrate’ Arsenal
LONDON: Mesut Ozil is ready to complicate Arsenal’s plan to offload him by refusing to leave on loan.
The Gunners are under significant financial pressure to move Ozil this summer with the German’s mammoth £350,000 (RM1.8 million)-perweek deal proving a crippling burden on the club.
The fact Ozil remained in London when his teammates were suffering humiliation to BATE Borisov in the Europa League on Thursday amplifies the huge problem Arsenal are facing regarding their top earner.
Work on trying to find Ozil a club has already started but Arsenal have encountered great difficulty in attracting suitors due to the World Cup winner’s huge salary. Loaning Ozil whilst continuing to pay a percentage of his wage is an option Arsenal want to explore in their attempts to shift the former Real Madrid star.
Ozil, however, does not want to leave the Emirates Stadium on a temporary basis and will push for a permanent switch if he is to leave at all this summer.
Indeed, Ozil is understood to have rebuffed efforts from Paris Saint-Germain to take him on loan in January.
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Cup winner is unwilling to sing to the club’s tune this summer and if he is to leave he wants to do so on his terms. Unai
Emery has made clear to the Arsenal board he does not see a place for Ozil in his long term vision for the club.