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Mesut Ozil is desperate for Arsene Wenger to stay at Arsenal and sign his new contract.

Ozil admits Wenger is the reason he came to Arsenal and the £42million record signing wants him to stay at the club.

Germany World Cup star Ozil said: “Of course I want him to say. He's the one who convinced me to come here, he's a world-class manager and he can really push the team to its top level and players can develop under him.

“It's not just for me but the club in general and the fans it's important that he will extend his contract and he will be the manager here for a long time to come.”

Ozil did some interviews at the training ground on Friday and here are some of his questions and answers in his own words...

Q: Is there any team you have never beaten?

A: “As far as I can remember, no, I have always been able to beat every team that I've played against. As far as I can remember there is no team that I have not beaten.”

Q: How difficult will it be to beat Fulham?

A: “Generally we look at ourselves as a team. We know that Fulham are from London and that they are quite good against good teams, they can really give power. They want to prove themselves against good teams and of course they are very motivated. They are a very good team, they can play good football and they want to win. They want to win against Arsenal but we are playing at home and we want to win of course.”

Q: You've played in Germany, Spain and now England. What is the most difficult league in the world?

A: “Of course the Premier League is the most difficult league in the world because it's so even. I think you can't really compare other leagues with the Premier League. In the Premier League every team can beat every team and in football that's something where you can have surprises. Our goal as a team is to be concentrated and to play well. We play at home, as I said, and we want to get the three points and we want to give everything.”

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Q: Has it been difficult to settle in to English football and can you get better?

A: “Well of course the best thing if you play in the Premier League you can always develop further as a player and you are playing against the best players. You are also playing game after game all the time, two or three games a week. As a team you are always getting better and better and developing - it's a lot of fun. The atmosphere is fantastic, it doesn't matter where you go. Everywhere there's a great atmosphere so that's quite different from other leagues. The same thing with the Emirates when we play at home, the fans really push us and it's really fun to be here.”

Q: How much does the support of the fans mean to you? How pleased are you that the fans have accepted you?

A: “Well of course you can't really describe that so well because the feeling you had was great. The fans they really push you. I was really accepted well here and as a team they [the fans] acccept us well, they push us a lot. That means a lot for us players, we have fans who are right behind us for 90 minutes it doesn't matter whether we are winning or losing. That's really important for the team and our goal for the team is to have a good performance and good results to say thank you to the fans. I'm really happy to be part of a team that has such great fans.”

Q: Can you play better? How do you feel you have adapted to English football?

A: “That's difficult to say. Every league is different, especially here the Premier League is different to La Liga or the Bundesliga but I am very satisfied, I know I can play better, I know what potential I have. But the most important thing is that everything works well at the moment with the team.”

Q: How pleased are you to be top of the league and do you feel pressure?

A: “Well of course you're happy about that but generally for me I don't really feel any pressure about it. I just have fun with it all, I enjoy what I'm doing, it's my dream to be here and I'm just very very happy that I can be here and everything I do is very enjoyable. I really enjoy it, I appreciate being here and it's great to be in this great team. I also think as a footballer it's good to be here and give something back to the club and to the fans. I want to really make the most of my potential as a player and be there for the team.”

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Q: How easy has it been to adapt to the club and settle in to English football?

A: “Well first of all the team really accepted me very well. I knew before I came to Arsenal what kind of players were here. And of course in training you can see how many good players are here, the most important thing is that we work well as a team - that's the most important thing. We have great players in our team and we can achieve great things if we really put our foot down and try hard.”

Q: What will it take for Arsenal to win the league? Can you do it?

A: “Well you have to be continuous in the way you play as a team. You have to win lots of games, we're right at the top at the moment. We just take it game by games, now we've got Fulham at home. There is still a long way to go, we want to do our best. We know we have the potential to do really well, there is still a long way to go and we take everything game by game. First of all we want the three points against Fulham.”

Q: How important is it for the manager to stay?

A: “Of course I want him to say. He's the one who convinced me to come here, he's a world-class manager and he can really push the team to its top level and players can develop under him. It's not just for me but the club in general and the fans it's important that he will extend his contract and he will be the manager here for a long time to come.”

Q: The fans have really taken to you. Have you a message for them?

A: “I am very happy that I have great fans. What I can tell them is they must work on themselves, they should just have fun at what they do. I wish them well with everything and if they really enjoy what they do then I think they can go a long way. I will be rooting for them to achieve that.”