Star: Arsenal’s German midfielder Mesut Ozil (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann believes the club have been lifted by the signing of Mesut Ozil.

The German international arrived on transfer deadline day for a club record £42.5million from Real Madrid, and he’s since helped the Gunners to back-to-back away wins at Sunderland and Marseille.

The 2-1 win at the Stade Velodrome last night was Arsenal’s tenth consecutive victory on the road – another club record – and Lehmann is convinced the arrival of Ozil has helped inspire Arsene Wenger’s troops.

Lehmann told BBC Radio 5 live: ‘He [Wenger] has shown a lot of strength by resisting all the challenges.




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‘I think he would have been offered plenty of players every day and there would have been a lot of temptation to go for one player, but because he wasn’t 100% sure about spending money on a player he didn’t really see fit to play for Arsenal, he finally went for Ozil.

‘Ozil is probably the best technical player in the German national team and he now needs to cope with the challenges of tough English football, but the whole club is thrived by the fact they finally bought a player for such a big amount of money [£42.4m].’

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