Mesut Ozil has been given no assurances he will be included in Arsenal’s Premier League squad next week.
Ozil has not played for the club since March but manager Mikel Arteta explained he and defender Sokratis were omitted from his Europa League plans so his squad could comply with UEFA rules.
Arteta is facing the same headache ahead of naming his 25-man Premier League squad on Tuesday, with his group containing 19 foreign players, two more than they are allowed to register.
Asked if Ozil would be in it, Arteta sidestepped the question, saying: ‘He wasn’t the only one who was not in the Europa League squad.