Mesut Ozil is on his way to Turkey to complete his free transfer to Fenerbahce.
The 32-year-old said his goodbyes to his Arsenal team-mates and staff at the club’s London Colney training base on Sunday, bringing to an end his seven-and-a-half-year stay in north London.
Arsenal have given him permission to travel to Istanbul where he will now undergo a medical before finalising his switch to Fenerbahce, the club he grew up supporting as a boy.
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The necessary paperwork will then need to be completed, with Arsenal and Ozil having reached an agreement to see his £350,000-a-week contract - which is due to expire in the summer - cancelled early.