Mesut Ozil is not the same player who signed a lucrative bumper contract under Arsene Wenger, claims club legend Martin Keown.
The Gunners legend has this week addressed the sensitive topic of Arsenal's castaway play-maker, who is the highest earner at the club but cannot even get a place on the subs bench.
Speaking to Talksport, Keown outlined how Ozil changed after penning the deal to become Arsenal's highest earner of all time, while insisting former manager Wenger valued all the things he brought to the table.
'Looking back at the Wenger years he signed his contract in the last six months of Arsene Wenger's tenure and I don't believe it's the same Ozil now that he was managing at that point,' said Keown.