Euro giants confirm interest in £42m Arsenal contract-rebel Mesut Ozil – plan to sign him for free rather than in January

Serie A giants Inter Milan have confirmed their interest in Arsenal star Mesut Ozil.

The 28-year-old could be on his way out of Arsenal in the near future after failing to pen a new deal with the north London-based club.

Ozil has under ten-months remaining on his contract and could end up leaving the club for free next summer.

Inter president Erik Thohir has confirmed that the Milan based club are interested in Ozil. However Thohir admitted that he is wary of winter deals after being stung in the past.

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“He [Ozil] is definitely one of those players we are looking at, but the last January signings of [Lukas] Podolski and [Xherdan] Shaqiri proves winter signings can fail to live up to expectations,” Thohir told Metrotv.news.com.

Arsenal take on Brighton in the Premier League this weekend as they look to record back-to-back wins in the league.

The 28-year-old – who joined Arsenal for £42 million from Real Madrid – started Monday night’s victory over West Brom in the Premier League on the bench.

Ozil has been struggling with a knee injury in recent weeks.