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Mikel Arteta leaps to defence of Mesut Ozil's huge £350,000-a-week salary

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has insisted Mesut Ozil deserves his eyewatering £350,000-a-week earnings despite the German midfielder's recent lack of action in the first-team.

Ozil, who first joined the Gunners in 2013 and signed a new deal in 2018, has not played a minute of football since it resumed, and speculation continues to link him with a move away from the club.

He is also doubt to face Norwich on Wednesday through injury, but when asked about whether his enormous earnings were ever a factor in him not being selected, Arteta was adamant this was not the case. “Never," the Spaniard said. "That is an agreement the player and the club were really happy to do.

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