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Mesut Ozil likes his new hair style - but is ready to ditch it when he gets back to London.

Ozil has dyed his hair blond after he, Shkodran Mustafi and Sead Kolasinac lost a “crossbar” challenge won by Alexandre Lacazette.

Now there is no missing Ozil on the pitch during Arsenal's pre-season tour of the United States.

Ozil said: “It was a bet between me Lacazette, Shkodran and Sead Kolasinac it was crossbar challenging so Lacazette was the winner.

“We were the losers, me Sead and Mustafi and the bet was to change the hair a different colour so what I did was blonde, Sead green and Mustafi tried something different but in the end of dying he was unhappy and changed the colour of his hair back so that is what happened, that’s it.

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“They (team mates) really like it but for me if I am waking up in the morning, it looks different because I had always dark hair but now I really like it so I don’t know if I will keep this hair in London, I don’t know but right now I am ok with that.”

Ozil shone in Arsenal ’s win over Bayern Munich alongside some Arsenal youngsters including Joe Willock and Eddie Nketiah.

The German believes the future is bright for Arsenal and sees a few of them - including Reiss Nelson and Emile Smith-Rowe - breaking through this season.

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Ozil said: “Right now we have a lot of young players and yesterday Joe Willock plays with us, he really showed his quality and Eddie everyone knows Eddie in the team.

“He is fighting hard and wants to help us and Reiss. He had a lot of experience in Germany. He played very well during the season over there so those people, those kind of players, especially young players will help us a lot.

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“Don’t forget Emile. He is a little bit injured so he is coming back, we know his quality as well.

"At Arsenal I think we are lucky to have those young players.”

Arsenal have been based in LA but now play Fiorentina on Saturday but must brace themselves for scorching 90 degree heat in Charlotte.

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Ozil added: “We feel really happy because everyone likes especially the city LA so even the weather is nice. It is not so warm and so cold so you can really work hard and we have a lot of fun. Everyone is happy and we are really excited to be here.

“I have never been there (to Charlotte) but I know it is a little bit warmer than LA but that’s it.

“Of course if it is too warm the weather you can’t really work really hard like what we did in LA or in London so if it is really hot like 35 degrees you have to make another plan for training and I’m sure the coach knows what he will do.

“Let’s see how we will train over there. We are looking forward to the game against Fiorentina. It will be a different game.

"You know as a player it is always nice, especially in pre-season. You travel a lot and you can see the city and I’m really happy to do that now.”