Former Tottenham Hotspur player Tim Sherwood believes that Unai Emery needs to give Mesut Ozil his place back in the team. Ozil has not made an appearance for Arsenal since the last four weeks.
Emery previously said that omitting Ozil was a ‘tactical’ move but Tim Sherwood believes that Emery should give Ozil his place back in the squad.
The former Spurs player and manager said, “Surely he has to get Ozil on side? He’s one of his best players. You can’t burn bridges with a player who is on £350,000 a week and is sitting there doing nothing. You have to get him on side and get him on the pitch and do his best to make the team better.
Matteo Guendouzi and Lucas Torreira are good at what they do, but they cannot see the pass like Ozil. Get him on side again, talk to him, get your arm around tell, him he what he needs to be told, even if you mean it or you don’t, you tell him and make him feel like he’s the main man, because Ozil on form is better than anything than Arsenal have got.
Not only that, he is eating away at that wage bill, it’s wasted money if he’s not on the pitch. Get him on the pitch. It might be against your principles, but if you want to get results you are better with him in the team than without him in the team.”
Arsenal are currently 5th in the Premier League table and with Manchester United bursting to life under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, there is a good chance they can go down to 6th.
Arsenal play a very important match against Chelsea tomorrow.
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