Even though Mesut Ozil doesn’t have Mikel Arteta in his corner, the German playmaker does have support form former teammates Lukas Podolski and Laurent Koscielny.
Ozil was been put into exile by the Arsenal boss at the restart to the 2019-202 season in June. He has not played one second since March, and has only made the match day squad a few times. Now, Ozil has even been left off Arteta’s Premier League and Europa League squads.
Obviously, his playing days at Arsenal are done and dusted.
In an interview with the German news outlet Bold, Podolski had this to say about his former Arsenal and German teammate…
“I don’t know the background, but I generally think with a player who is now in his sixth or seventh year with the club, to kick him completely out of the squad, that’s absolutely not okay. You don’t do something like that, and I don’t know if something happened in the background or not but even if he’s done something, you don’t do it. He’s shown his class on the pitch, he’s never been negative towards his colleagues or the club. It’s sad because everyone’s losing in this situation. It should not end this way. Arsenal as a club have not looked positive in this situation over the last months.”
Former Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny supported Ozil in an interview with France’s L’Equipe by saying…
“As a player, he is in my opinion a phenomenon. He can find passes that no one sees, he’s a maestro. He can rock a game with incredible passes. We’re both part of the ‘Arsene Wenger Generation’. The coach loved him as a player. It was more complicated with Unai Emery and Mikel Arteta.”
Arteta has repeatedly said he has given Ozil every chance and opportunity to get back on the pitch for Arsenal.
But now, the 32-year-old just continues to show up every day at training, collect his huge weekly paycheck and go home. He has said over and over he will stay with the Gunners through the end of his contract in the summer.
Maybe some day we’ll have the complete story of why the one-time “world’s best midfielder” is riding the bench at AFC. There has to be more to the story than we are being told. Let’s here it. I think supporters deserve the full story.
Cheers, and stay healthy and safe!
Gunner1953
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