Mesut Ozil diverted attention away from Arsenal leaving him out of their Europa League squad with a well-timed message to his Twitter fans.
The Gunners announced their 25-man squad on Thursday, with two noticeable omissions: Sokratis Papastathopoulos and World Cup winner Ozil.
The German would have known when the announcement was coming, and would therefore know that his controversial omission would be a topic of debate.
And so he apparently diverted attention at the same time by posting a message to his Twitter followers, thanking them on enabling him to reach the 25million mark.
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