Arsenal's technical director Edu has detailed how he broke the news to Mesut Ozil that he has not been selected in the club's Europa League squad.
Ozil was omitted from the 25-man list along with defender Sokratis and neither will play any part in the group stage of the competition.
Both players were axed as Arsenal needed to cut two from their number of non-homegrown stars to meet the maximum allowance of 17 players.
The move looks to have signalled the end of Ozil's Arsenal career as the club are now believed to have opened negotiations to terminate his contract.
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