{"id":116417,"date":"2019-05-12T13:59:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T12:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=116417"},"modified":"2019-05-12T14:01:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T13:01:54","slug":"epl-ozils-agent-speaks-on-player-being-ready-to-leave-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=116417","title":{"rendered":"EPL: Ozil\u2019s agent speaks on player being \u2018ready\u2019 to leave Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Europa-League-Mesut-Ozil-under-fire-after-Arsenal-defeated-Valencia-4-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">Mesut Ozil\u2019s agent, Dr Erkut Sogut, has dismissed reports suggesting that his client was \u2018ready\u2019 to leave Arsenal in this summer\u2019s transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Ozil has been linked with a move away from Emirates at the end of the season in recent weeks due to his lack of regular first team football at the club.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder has fallen out of favour at the North London club since Arsenal manager, Unai Emery, took over from former Gunners boss, Arsene Wenger last year.<\/p>\n<p>But Sogut has now said that the 30-year-old playmaker will not leave Arsenal before the end of his contract in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of Arsenal\u2019s Premier League fixture with Burnley on Sunday, Sogut told Turkish-Football: \u201cRumours will always persist, \u2013 there is no doubt about that \u2013 but one thing I can guarantee is Mesut\u2019s loyalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis mind is focused on Arsenal, and Arsenal only.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019ll be staying at Arsenal until at least 2021, and the fans need not to worry about the gossip that may come this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has found a place he feels welcome and believes he has a lot more to give.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mesut Ozil\u2019s agent, Dr Erkut Sogut, has dismissed reports suggesting that his client was \u2018ready\u2019 to leave Arsenal in this summer\u2019s transfer window. Ozil has been linked with a move away from Emirates at the end of the season in recent weeks due to his lack of regular first team football at the club. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}