Mikel Arteta responds to Mesut Ozil’s agent after he criticized him for not telling the truth

Mikel Arteta insists that he has been “honest” with Mesut Ozil despite the player’s agent claiming there has been a lack of transparency about his exile from the Arsenal team.

Ozil, 32, has been left out of the Gunners’ Premier League and Europa League teams, and it seems unlikely that he will appear at the club again.

The German attacked Arteta and the Arsenal hierarchy this week, prompting the Gunners boss to respond by admitting that he “failed” to bring out the best in each player.

But those comments did not satisfy Ozil’s agent, Dr. Erkut Sogut, who took aim at Arteta and said “Arsenal fans deserve an honest explanation” of the situation.

In light of Sogut’s comments, Arteta has moved again to explain why Ozil has been frozen at the Emirates, while insisting that he has been honest with the playmaker throughout the entire process.

“If you have to lead, they have to trust you,” Arteta said before his team’s clash with Leicester on Sunday night.

“For them to trust you, you have to be honest. You have to be clear and you have to be able to tell people, face to face, the good news and the bad news.

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“So you have to be consistent in what you say, the demands you make and what you apply.

“When things happen, he applauds them and when they don’t, there are consequences. So you create a culture and within that culture people have to be responsible.

“People have to step up and they have to demand the standards that we need from each other for this football club to be successful.”

In his full interview, Sogut reaffirmed Ozil’s loyalty to Arsenal and refused to close the door on the player checking in for action in January.

After criticizing Arteta, the agent added: “He could have gone to another club like Alexis Sanchez. He could have gone and got a £ 30 million fee for signing as a free agent at the peak of his career. But he stayed true.

“Maybe the club will change positions in January and register it. You never know what will happen.”

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