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Arsenal news: Unai Emery trying to avoid SACK with Mesut Ozil decision - Ray Parlour
ARSENAL boss Unai Emery does not want a repeat of the Neymar situation he experienced at Paris Saint-Germain with Gunners star Mesut Ozil.
That is according to former Arsenal and England midfielder Ray Parlour.
Emery left PSG at the end of last season after failing to deliver success for the club in the Champions League.
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Emery’s relationship with star man Neymar was said to be strained and the Spaniard claimed Neymar had more power at the club than him.
Now at Arsenal, reports have claimed the head coach does not see eye to eye with midfielder Mesut Ozil.
He’s probably looking at it saying, ‘I don’t want another Neymar’, he got Emery the sack at PSG
Ozil has only started one game since November 11 and his future at the club is in doubt.
And Parlour claims Emery will be wary of what happened with Neymar at PSG, claiming the Brazilian “got him the sack”.
“Ozil is not featuring and he wasn’t even in the squad against Spurs, so that’s a bit of a worry if you’re an Arsenal fan,” Parlour told talkSPORT.
“Something has gone wrong behind the scenes, probably in training his attitude has not been right.
“When you get left out you’ve got to come back and make sure your attitude is spot on.
“You’ve got to show the manager you mean business and you’re going to fight for your place and maybe he hasn’t done that. So Emery had made that big decision.
“He’s probably looking at it saying, ‘I don’t want another Neymar’, what happened with him at PSG, he got Emery the sack at PSG.
“So is it going to be the same situation here?
"He’s on big, big wages and that’s the problem with another club trying to take him, whether Arsenal have to pay a bit of wages I don’t know.
“You don’t want to see quality players going, but is there a place for him in the side?
“I don’t know when you’d put him in the side at the moment.
“If you play three at the back it’s very hard to put him in, and if you play four at the back there’s one spare place in the midfield but Emery might look at it and think other players deserve the opportunity over Ozil.
“People like [Aaron] Ramsey and people like that.”