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Arsenal legend Charlie Nicholas has urged Unai Emery to with three key players, including Mesut Ozil.
The Gunners are currently 5th in the Premier League, but in the thick of a fight for the top four place which would seal the all-important Champions League football next season.
Emery has for a large chunk of the season fielded teams without Mesut Ozil in the starting XI. The German who shocked the football world by retiring at international level last summer has failed to make his extra time at home count on the pitch for Arsenal – it’s just three goals and one assist so far.
As well as Ozil, Nicholas, who cannot see Arsenal finishing in the top four this season, largely due to the team’s leaky and vulnerable defence, wants to see Emery get rid of Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny.
He told Sky Sports (via the Metro): ‘I have accepted Arsenal are not going to get fourth, but the defensive struggles are there. Shokdran Mustafi should be sold on and Laurent Koscielny should be released.
‘I think they should get rid of Ozil. It is the people running the club who gave him the wage, but it looks silly letting Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere go.
‘Hopefully Juventus will take Ramsey immediately and Arsenal get some money for him. Ozil does not fit Emery’s plans, so you get the agent in and look for him to go elsewhere.’
