Ozil digging in at Arsenal: ‘I’ll decide when I go, not other people’

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta (right) speaks to Mesut Ozil from the touchline during a Premier League match at The Emirates Stadium, London.

Mesut Ozil has rejected the possibility of leaving Arsenal before his contract — which makes him the club’s highest-paid player — expires next summer.

Ozil didn’t feature for Mikel Arteta’s side since the Covid-19 lockdown and wasn’t in Arsenal’s squad for the FA Cup final win over Chelsea. And it has been widely reported that Arsenal are anxious to offload the German World Cup winner to free up cost on the club’s wage bill.