Mesut Ozil ‘wants to sign a new Arsenal contract’ but will demand a mega-money deal
Report suggests the German playmaker is not keen to follow fellow contract rebel Alexis Sanchez out of the Emirates
MESUT OZIL'S preferred option is to stay at Arsenal, according to reports.
The German playmaker and fellow contract rebel Alexis Sanchez have been linked with summer exits.
But according to a leading German journalist, Ozil is prepared to extend his stay at the Emirates - for the right price.
Raphael Honigstein told ESPN FC: “I think his preferred choice is very much to stay at Arsenal.
“It’s down to him to make himself indispensable or at least attractive enough to get the kind of deal that he wants.
“I think Arsenal are still sort of weighing up their options, they perhaps haven’t pushed hard enough as he and his advisers would have liked.
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“A different situation to Alexis Sanchez, who has very much made up his mind he is going to be off.
"Mesut Ozil still wants to stay and I’m not sure he will find a better setup for him.
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“I don’t think there is necessarily an option in the Premier League available, I don’t buy all these stories about Mourinho and Man United being interested in him, I just don’t think that’s credible.
“Then you have to look at going back to Spain where he’s already been at Real Madrid, that makes things complicated or back to Germany where I don’t think there is much of a market for him right now.
“So I think he wants to say and I think Arsenal in the end will decide that he is, even at a higher wage, still a cheaper option to sign for free effectively than looking for a replacement.”
While Sanchez has fallen out with his Gunners team-mates over his negative attitude and poor form, Ozil has played an important role this season.
The German international, 29, did not feature in the win over West Ham but will return to face Liverpool tomorrow night.