Mikel Arteta has thrown down the gauntlet to Mesut Ozil to finish his Arsenal career on a high in the final year of his contract.
The German midfielder is set to leave Arsenal next summer when his £350,000-per-week deal expires, but he may have already played his last game for the club.
Ozil has not featured in a single minute of action for The Gunners so far this season, and has not even made the squad at all despite being fit and available.
It is now looking increasingly possible that Ozil could be frozen out of first-team action for the entire campaign, but Arteta appears to have offered the 31-year-old a route back into his plans if he is willing to work for it. "With the players and the squad I have, it is my job to manage it as good
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