Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has insisted that there is no pressure on midfielder Mesut Ozil due to the depth The Gunners have in the attacking-midfield area.
Many people are suggesting that Wenger’s men only turn up when their record transfer turns up, but Wenger doesn’t agree with that as he believes the whole team are capable of supplying attacking threat when they are asked upon.
Ozil, who signed from Real Madrid on transfer deadline day, has scored three goals for the club and also provided five assists, but since his starring role against Napoli in the Champions League, he has gone a bit quiet, but Wenger expected that and he doesn’t want the German to feel like there is pressure on his shoulders.
“First of all he is a hugely talented player,” said Wenger. “He just arrived here three months ago and overall he did not have the best of preparations for the league.
“He is a young player, he is 25 years old so of course there is a lot of room for improvement for him.
“We have plenty of players who can take the ball and play, and because he plays in the central part of the pitch the ball goes through him. But we don’t put any special responsibility on him.
“Maybe he feels a bit more pressure to do that. But we just want the game to be played like we see it and we do not put any special responsibility on him. Everybody in our team can deliver great balls.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
