The Gunners captain recently revealed he has suffered with anxiety throughout his career and that sometimes he would prefer not to play
Dietmar Hamann has hit out at Per Mertesacker for being "disrespectful" to Arsenal after the defender's claims that he currently prefers watching games to playing in them.
The centre-back will retire at the end of the season, at which time he is set to take a position as the head of Arsenal’s academy.
In a recent interview with Spiegel , the 33-year-old detailed the crippling anxiety that he has felt throughout his career.