Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal CANNOT have another Mesut Ozil cash-draining saga again as Arsenal finally offload £350,000-per-week man who hasn't played for a year... as Sokratis Papastathopoulos also has contract terminated as part of squad cuts

Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal must learn the lessons of Mesut Ozil's long goodbye after he and other unwanted stars sat on lucrative contracts during a protracted period in exile.

Ozil is joining Fenerbahce after almost a year in which he earned £350,000 a week without kicking a ball.

Defender Sokratis has also had his contract terminated after five months in the shadows.

'You don't want to get into this position again, that's for sure,' Arteta said. 'Not for the player, not for the club. But it's happening more and more at every club.