ESPN Arsenal star Mesut Ozil wants to sign a new contract but must prove he is worth one, says Honigstein

Ozil is out of contract at Arsenal at the end of the current season. He has been linked with a move to Premier League rivals Manchester United, a rumour Honigstein has quashed. Honigstein believes Ozil wants to stay and believes Arsenal looks to be his best option going forward. However, the journalist says it is now in the hands of the Gunners to decide if they want to offer Ozil the wages he wants to extend his Emirates stay.

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I think his preferred choice is very much to stay at Arsenal. It’s down to him to make himself indispensable Raphael Honigstein on Arsenal star Mesut Ozil

“I think his preferred choice is very much to stay at Arsenal,” he told ESPN FC. “It’s down to him to make himself indispensable or at least attractive enough to get the kind of deal that he wants. “I think Arsenal are still sort of weighing up their options, they perhaps haven’t pushed hard enough as he and his advisers would have liked. “A different situation to Alexis Sanchez, who has very much made up his mind he is going to be off.

ESPN Honigstein believes Mesut Ozil will eventually sign a new Arsenal contract