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The Gunners legend would love to see a creative playmaker pulling the strings on Mikel Arteta’s side, but acknowledges that it is unlikely to happen.
Mesut Ozil is “literally the perfect player” for Mikel Arteta’s system at Arsenal, says Ian Wright, but the great Gunners acknowledges that there is apparently no turning back for a World Cup-winning outcast.
The German playmaker was featured in the preseason outings for the North London Giants, suggesting he may see a clean slate.
However, Ozil was overlooked once again for the Premier League season opener against Fulham, and Arteta chose to favor other options.
Wright is saddened to see a player with the ability to win games wasting the final year of his contract at Emirates Stadium.
The former Arsenal striker, however, doesn’t expect the 31-year-old to change his way of acting and fight for regular playing time again.
He told the Kelly and Wrighty Show: “If you could have Mesut Ozil at stake in this particular team, with the way the coach thinks and the intensity that we have now, he is literally the perfect player.
“But it doesn’t look like that is going to happen. It does not seem that Ozil has a turn back. I was on the ground the other day and he was walking, he seemed quite happy.
“What confuses me is that everyone knows that if you accept Arteta’s game plan, you are likely to get in there.
“I find it really sad that no one can convince him or make him understand that, even if you are going to leave. At the end of the day, he still gets paid to be a club footballer.
“If their attitude is not the right one in training or whatever, we have seen that Arteta will interpret them if they demonstrate that, so I find it devastating that we cannot find someone who will make him understand how comprehensive he can be. with this style at Arsenal. “
Ozil has not had a competitive appearance for Arsenal since they faced West Ham on March 7, without being given minutes on the back of ‘Project Restart’.
The Gunners are now gearing up for another derby date with the Hammers, at the Emirates on Saturday, but the former German international is unlikely to be offered a respite and revert to Arteta’s plans to meet David Moyes’s men. .
