Mesut Ozil broke his relative silence on social media on Wednesday as the Arsenal squad prepares for a clash with Vitoria in the Europa League at the Emirates stadium. 

The former Real Madrid star was rarely given a chance to play last season, prompting rumours that he would be leaving the club, not too long after renewing his contract at the Emirates stadium.

Ozil appears to be one of the players whom Emery does not trust to keep in his starting eleven and the midfielder has rarely been seen in action for the Gunners so far this year.

Most fans have come to the German star’s defence after he was once again left out of the squad which lost to Sheffield United on Monday.

It does appear as though Emery is the man who is depriving his team of a creative force by leaving out Ozil.

And ahead of Thursday’s fixture, the playmaker has made a sarcastic post on social media with the caption: “You make laugh”, almost in response to the controversial team selections from his manager…

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