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Arsenal Transfer News: Mesut Özil Contract Offer Made, Rumour
TOM SUNDERLANDMAY 25, 2017
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Arsenal midfielder Mesut Özil reportedly held secret talks with Besiktas regarding a summer move and is said to have told the club he'll consider joining for the right price. Elsewhere, the Gunners have received a boost in their pursuit of Lyon's Corentin Tolisso.
According to Turkish newspaper Hurriyet (h/t Emre Sarigul of Turkish Football), Özil met with Besiktas official Umut Guner, who was told a £350,000-per-week contract would be enough to tempt their target away from north London:
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Mesut Özil held talks with Beşiktaş. Revealed he'd only leave Arsenal for £350K a-week. Still happy at #AFC http://turkish-football.com/arsenal-star-mesut-Özil-holds-talks-euro-giants-besiktas-official-agrees-leave-350000-week-demand-met/ …
Özil is currently engaged in a contract war with his current employers and has a deal that's set to expire in 2018, with no sign of an extension with the Gunners in view as of yet.
Arsenal appear reluctant to break their wage structure by paying Özil and fellow contract rebel Alexis Sanchez the fees they seek, although goalkeeper Petr Cech has implored the club to do what's needed to keep their stars, per Sky Sports' Lyall Thomas:
"Alexis has been brilliant, scoring a lot of goals. (Him and Mesut) are both exceptional players and obviously you always want to keep your exceptional players. That's the main thing is we need to keep the team together and try to strengthen it in the areas where the manager would like to, and then we will be ready to go again."
The north London club missed out on UEFA Champions League qualification for the first time in 20 years by failing to finish in the Premier League's top four. After Sunday's 3-1 win over Everton, Özil took to Twitter and made sure to note the near miss:
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✔@MesutOzil1088
Another win.
But our final spurt this season came too late to make it to the #UCL. But there is still a FA-Cup final to win... #AFCvEFC
Arsenal can still add to their silverware collection by beating Chelsea to the FA Cup on Saturday, but Besiktas already appear to be moving on Özil, who has family connections in Turkey and has long been linked with the Super Lig.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-contract-offer-made-corentin-tolisso-rumours
TOM SUNDERLANDMAY 25, 2017
Clive Mason/Getty Images
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Özil reportedly held secret talks with Besiktas regarding a summer move and is said to have told the club he'll consider joining for the right price. Elsewhere, the Gunners have received a boost in their pursuit of Lyon's Corentin Tolisso.
According to Turkish newspaper Hurriyet (h/t Emre Sarigul of Turkish Football), Özil met with Besiktas official Umut Guner, who was told a £350,000-per-week contract would be enough to tempt their target away from north London:
Follow
Turkish Football @Turkish_Futbol1
Mesut Özil held talks with Beşiktaş. Revealed he'd only leave Arsenal for £350K a-week. Still happy at #AFC http://turkish-football.com/arsenal-star-mesut-Özil-holds-talks-euro-giants-besiktas-official-agrees-leave-350000-week-demand-met/ …
Özil is currently engaged in a contract war with his current employers and has a deal that's set to expire in 2018, with no sign of an extension with the Gunners in view as of yet.
Arsenal appear reluctant to break their wage structure by paying Özil and fellow contract rebel Alexis Sanchez the fees they seek, although goalkeeper Petr Cech has implored the club to do what's needed to keep their stars, per Sky Sports' Lyall Thomas:
"Alexis has been brilliant, scoring a lot of goals. (Him and Mesut) are both exceptional players and obviously you always want to keep your exceptional players. That's the main thing is we need to keep the team together and try to strengthen it in the areas where the manager would like to, and then we will be ready to go again."
The north London club missed out on UEFA Champions League qualification for the first time in 20 years by failing to finish in the Premier League's top four. After Sunday's 3-1 win over Everton, Özil took to Twitter and made sure to note the near miss:
View image on Twitter
Follow
Mesut Özil
✔@MesutOzil1088
Another win.
Arsenal can still add to their silverware collection by beating Chelsea to the FA Cup on Saturday, but Besiktas already appear to be moving on Özil, who has family connections in Turkey and has long been linked with the Super Lig.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-contract-offer-made-corentin-tolisso-rumours