In the English League Cup game in the middle of the week, Arsenal lost to Tottenham by 0-2, and Özil even failed to be in the team’s squad. Now, Ozil not only can’t play in the Premier League, but is also abandoned in the cup games. Obviously, the manager Emery doesn’t regard him as an important player in the moment. Ozil has started to think about transfering to a new team, but the high salary is a hindrance to his transfer.
In the past, when Ozil was absent from the game, Arsenal officially said that it is due to injury, but this time Arsenal manager Emily publicly admitted after the League Cup that why Özil’s was not in the squad was because of tactical reasons. As the team’s No. 10, Özil lost the core position that he once had during Wenger’s time. Under Emery’s charge, he became less important and not that critical in the team’s tactics. He doesn’t have many chances to play and Arsenal is not willing to continue to pay a weekly salary £350,000 to player who can’t play. The club is considering to let him leave.
According to statistics, the last game Ozil played as a starting XI for Arsenal in the Premier League was the game against Wolves in November 11th. Until now, more than a month has passed, and he played only 103 minutes for Arsenal in various events, but during this period Ozil received a salary of 1.95 million pounds, which means he can earn 20,000 pounds for every minute he has played.
In January of this year, Arsenal renewed his contract to 2021 and now he receives a weekly salary of 350,000 pounds. If Arsenal could not sell him, they would have to pay a total of 45 million pounds to Özil throughout the contract period. But Ozil has no position in manager Emery’s tactics now. In order to solve this this problem, Arsenal even can would like to sell Ozil at a low price of only £25 million, which is indeed a very low price for a top midfielder.
Although some teams, including Inter Milan, are paying attention to Özil, they are unable to offer the same high salary after signing Özil. In order to find the next destination for Ozil and avoid the players value fall quickly after long time absence from the games, Arsenal has already considered renting Ozil to other teams in January next year. They are even willing to not charge a rental fee, as long as the club is willing to pay the salary of Özil, and even if you can only pay part of it, you can rent Özil.