The German has featured only twice for the Gunners in all competitions this season and, while sickness has contributed to him being sidelined, he has appeared also to have fallen out of favour.
"This year started difficult for him. He worked well in pre-season and was playing matches, but the problem that happened with Sead stopped that," said the manager, referring to an attempted car-jacking in July with defender Sead Kolasinac. "But really the last two to three weeks he has improved with us in training. I didn’t close to him the possibility to play... My idea is to use all the players and he is one who can help us.Ozil told The Athletic that watching from home had made him feel"helpless" but he would be seeing out his contract at the Emirates.
"I didn't want to stay for just one or two more years, I wanted to commit my future to Arsenal and the club wanted me to do the same. You can go through difficult times, like this, but that is no reason to run away and I'm not going to.Striker Alexandre Lacazette could be fit in time for Monday's match after returning to full training following an ankle injury.
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