Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is keen to take advantage of the uncertainty at Arsenal with a summer move for Mesut Ozil, which has been greeted with mixed reviews here in the Transfer Tavern following Football.London’s report.
The Gunners’ off-field issues have moved towards soap opera territory over the course of the past few weeks, with fans protesting to remove Arsene Wenger from his role as manager when his contract expires in a few months’ time, while Alexis Sanchez has been mooted as one of many players keen to move on.
Man United have even been aligned with a shock move for the Chilean, but Football.London are now reporting that Ozil is on Mourinho’s radar.
The German, who worked with ‘The Special One’ during their time at Real Madrid, will have just one year remaining on his contract this summer, meaning that the Gunners will find it hard to demand his true value in the transfer market.
Their hopes of keeping the 28-year-old appear to be getting slimmer as the weeks pass and there is a growing fear that he will not commit to a new contract as his £250,000+-per-week demands remain in place.
Arsenal famously sold Robin van Persie to Man United in 2012 in a move that angered large sections of their fanbase.
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