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Mikel Arteta insists he's not ready to give up on Mesut Ozil despite dropping Arsenal star

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Mikel Arteta has offered Mesut Ozil an olive branch - but warned he must sharpen up to get his place back. Gunners midfielder Ozil, 31, the club’s top earner on £350,000-a-week, could not even make the bench and 20 man squad for Wednesday’s defeat at Manchester City.

Arteta rang Ozil before the City game to tell him that he would not be included because he did not think he was sharp enough and wanted more from him.

But Arteta has made it clear that the World Cup winner is still in his plans and insists that he has already proved that by picking him for every game before lockdown.

Ozil posted a tweet of defiance after the City game - a picture of him holding the Arsenal badge saying “No matter what” - and is hoping to be in the squad for

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