Mikel Arteta has dismissed comparisons between Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mesut Ozil and insists the striker is 'totally' committed to Arsenal.
Manager Arteta insists he is 'positive' Aubameyang will not become a financial burden for Arsenal like previous £350,000-a-week top-earner Ozil who under-performed after signing his new deal before being offloaded in January.
Pundit Jamie Carragher raised the prospect of history repeating itself but Arteta said: 'I'm always positive about the future but, once you think about things that happen in the past or compare different situations and personalities, I won't do that.'
Aubameyang, 31, joined Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund in January 2018 and brought the form that had made him one of Europe's most prolific strikers with him from Germany.