‘What I Would Do To Mesut Ozil If I Were Arsene Wenger’- Arsenal Legend Emmanuel Petit Reveals

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‘What I Would Do To Mesut Ozil If I Were Arsene Wenger’- Arsenal Legend Emmanuel Petit Reveals

France and Arsenal legend Emmanuel Petit, has advised the club’s manager, Arsene Wenger to sign Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez and allow the “nonchalant” Mesut Ozil to leave.

26-year-old Mahrez has made little secret of his desire to leave Leicester City.

Petit spoke to SFR Sports, saying that the Algeria international would give the Gunners the cutting edge they need.

He said, “He knows the Premier League by heart, and has an incredible impact in it.

“He’s the kind of player cruelly lacking for Arsenal down the right.

“I say stop focusing on the problems at the back. I’m among those who think the further away the ball is from your goal, the less chance you have of conceding a goal. And the more players you have who are capable of holding on to the ball… How many players are there in world football of that profile?

“If I were a coach I’d love to have dribblers in my team — quick, technically good, capable of saying [to a defender], ‘I’m going to humiliate you with two feints, two step-overs.’

“There aren’t many dribblers. Arsenal only have one, that’s Alexis Sanchez. They have a lot of guys who run quickly, but they run in a straight line.

“It’s been a while since he [Ozil] played a good game, and even longer since he put a string of good performances together.

“He’s still able to put in one good performance, but good performances over three, four, five weeks… I don’t think we’ll see Ozil at that level again.