Mesut Ozil’s contract renewal is still dragging on at Arsenal and the English team are at risk of losing the German to a long list of suitors. Many Premier League clubs are linked with him and now FC Barcelona are too.

According to some sources executives from Barcelona have made contact with Ozil’s agents to tell them that they would like to sign him if he cannot agree a deal with Arsenal. They also say that the German would be happy to end his time in the Premier League and move back to Spain.

Sources close to Asenal, however, maintain that the process of renewing Ozil and Alexis are still on track. Negotiations are slow and the money they want is extremely high, but nobody at the club doubts deals will eventually be reached.

Ozil has a contract until 2018 so signing him in the summer would still require a big fee.