Arsenal news: Unai Emery reveals plans for Mesut Ozil next season
ARSENAL manager Unai Emery plans to play Mesut Ozil as a No.10 ahead of his first season in charge of the Gunners.
Posted Sunday, July 29, 2018 by Dailystar.co.uk
Mesut Ozil scored Arsenal's opener against PSG
Ozil scored the opener in Arsenal’s 5-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain in today’s International Champions Cup clash in Singapore.
The former Germany international played a key part in Arsenal’s pre-season victory in a more advanced position than usual.
And that’s where Emery plans to play the 29-year-old, who got 64 minutes under his belt against the French champions.
"We want to give him and our players the best position they feel most comfortable in on the pitch," Emery said.
Unai Emery to deploy Mesut Ozil as No.10 next season
"He started today at number 10 with Matteo [Guendouzi] and Mohamed [Elneny] behind him.
"The first one would go up and then find him between the lines, or sometimes [Henrikh] Mkhitaryan.
"When we do have the ball, we can press with the striker and a number 10 almost like a 4-4-2 in a press.
"But it depends because Mesut can also play on the right and go inside, driving in to open up space for the right-back.
"We want to find a space for him and the other players where they can use their qualities through good positioning.
"I think in the first half today we played good with quality players, but I want to improve this pressing.
"In the second half they were tired, but the young players gave us the pressing back and allowed us to change our positions and play with three in midfield."
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