Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has stated that Mesut Ozil can become the Gunners “technical leader.”
The 29-year-old put an end to months of speculation linking him with an Arsenal exit when be signed a new contract earlier this month. Ozil had entered the final four months of his contract with the Gunners and could have ended up leaving the team for free.
Ozil is now Arsenal’s highest-earning player and one of the most experienced members of the squad.
Wenger believes the 29-year-old can become the technical leader of the team, however, rejected the notion of building the team around Ozil.
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“You expect that he becomes the leader, he can be the technical leader of the team going forward,” Wenger stated at a Press conference last week.
“A team has quite a subconscious intelligence and chooses a way in the game that is most efficient. And normally when you say build a team around [a player], I will not decide that. It’s the team on the pitch that decides that. And he is naturally a focal point because they give him naturally the ball.”
Mesut Ozil is expected to be back in action this weekend when Arsenal take on their bitter north London rivals Tottenham in the Premier League.
The clash takes place at Wembley on Saturday while kick-off is scheduled for 12:30 (GMT).
