Kia Joorabchian has labelled the situation between Arsenal and Mesut Ozil as 'pure stupidity' and believes the former Germany international's representative is not doing his job by letting the midfielder run his contract down without playing.
Ozil hasn't played for Arsenal since March 7 and his omission from the Gunners' Premier League squad prompted him to post a statement on social media in which he used the sentence "loyalty is hard to come by nowadays".
The 32-year-old, who is on a £350,000-a-week contract which expires next June, was the subject of interest from clubs in Turkey and the Middle East this summer but opted to stay in London to 'fight for his place' at Arsenal.
"I don’t see any winners in this situation," Joorabchian told talkSPORT.
"Ozil is not teaching Arsenal a lesson by sitting out and not playing, and Arsenal are not teaching Ozil a lesson by omitting him from the Premier League squad.
"I don’t see who wins in a situation where you don’t find an agreement between each other. It’s just pure stupidity.
Joorabchian previously spoke about the Ozil saga back in September, where he once again criticised the player's representative for not resolving the situation 'two years ago' when the club initially wanted him to leave.
"I think it’s the essential role of the agent not just to bring high transfers to clubs, but also where there’s a problem to fix it," he added. "I think that’s what the role and job title says.
"There was a situation at Everton where Theo Walcott wasn’t going to get enough game time and so he moved to Southampton, because they were very proactive.
"The role of the agent in the case of Mesut is to ensure he plays.
"He’s a big player, but he just doesn’t fit the Arsenal mould today. He has a lot of talent, he’s a World Cup winner, this is a player who should be playing somewhere right now."
Joorabchian, who has a close relationship with Arsenal's technical director Edu, has several clients at Arsenal including Cedric Soares, David Luiz and summer signing Willian.
The Iranian-born businessman is a boyhood Arsenal fan and was seen in the directors box at Emirates Stadium last season celebrating a goal with club executives.
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