Özil’s deal is worth £350,000 a week, which is likely to deter potential buyers next month

Arsenal will consider sending Mesut Özil out on loan next month less than a year after he was given a new contract worth £350,000 a week. The decision follows his failure to win the confidence of his new head coach.

Unai Emery left Özil out of a much-changed match-day squad for Wednesday’s 2-0 Carabao Cup defeat by Tottenham Hotspur for “tactical reasons” and then refused to confirm that the club’s highest-paid player is part of his long-term plans.

Özil has started 11 of Arsenal’s 26 matches this season and struggled to fit in with Emery’s tactical system. The pair are understood to have clashed during team meetings at which the player’s work rate has been questioned.

Arsenal are willing to sell Özil to raise funds