ARSNLNO1
Active Member
We most definitely should sell him along with Ramsey and rebuild the midfield with two new central midfield players. There isn't much to gain from keeping him but the money from his sale could be used towards rebuilding the squad by a new manager.
I'm not 100% sure about Ramsey yet but I'd happily let Özil leave if we got good money for him. I would much prefer a deeper playing ACM that could play in a 3 man midfield trio so we can tighten up in this position and start to dictate games again like we used to. We haven't had 2 strong beasts in the center of the park for years now and without a Vieira type who is like 2 men with someone like Özil or Iwobi playing that position you leave yourself vulnerable in midfield.
I have arguments with mates and many of you may disagree with me also but although we set up as a 4 2 3 1, I always feel we look more like a 442 especially since Özil has come which we don't currently have the right kind of CM's to play. I am convinced that Xhaka, Elneny, Ramsey & Santi would all thrive in a 3 man midfield like we used to play with that sweet passing smooth interplay game. OK granted we tried to walk the ball into the goal too often but we were able to dictate games then.
Iwobi tried to play the Özil role last night and again it didn't work because we don't have the right kind of CM's for that formation plus Giroud was left stranded with no service.
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