Arsenal’s Premier League squad will be submitted for the 2020/21 season at 2pm today (Tuesday).
Mikel Arteta has some big decisions to make and it is expected that Mesut Ozil will be one name left out of the list, along with defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos.
That leaves the German midfielder with a likely situation of playing no competitive football until January at the earliest.
Ozil had already been left out of Arteta’s European squad, but this would seemingly be the final nail in the coffin of his Arsenal career.
It could end Ozil’s seven-year association with the Gunners, in which he helped them lift three FA Cup tophies.
There was a mixed response from Arsenal fans on social media to the expected news.
@AFCMet: Don’t be sad it’s over, be happy it happened. Thanks for everything @MesutOzil1088
@Onke_Mweza: Free Ozil
@J_M_C123: Right choice from Arteta to not include Ozil in the premier league squad. Now make him train with the reserves till his contract expires.
@Am_Steve_Oh: Dear @MesutOzil1088, you been my fav arsenal player since you arrived at the emirates. If @Arsenal doesn’t include you in the final premier league squad, by all mean do everything you can to get out. You deserve better.
@DarrenArsenal1: On a personal level I like him as a player and we have sorely missed his creativity again imo and many will disagree, but also given that he's a player that has helped us win trophies its a real shame its ending like it is.
@icesE92: We don't have a creative midfielder. This is the time we need Ozil.
@taznogaming: Not good enough to get in the squad.
@MattHirsch08: Ozil getting frozen out like this doesn’t sit right with me.
@COYGGGGG: You're seriously telling me we're better off having Elneny in the squad than Ozil?
@JakeHutchfield: Excellent news well done Mikel for staying strong.
@vanbatmannana: My club is acting like a big club now. I love this.
@muhammedyaro1: Ozil is the most creative midfielder we currently have. Why out of the squad?
