Mesut Ozil picks Sanchez, Cazorla and Aubameyang in best Arsenal XI he's ever played with

Arsenal outcast Mesut Ozil has named some surprising choices in his best XI of Gunners superstars since he joined club back in 2013. On Monday, German midfielder held a Twitter Q&A with fans and touched upon a number of interesting topics, while teasing Fenerbahce fans about a potential move to Turkish club. Ozil's contract at Arsenal expires in summer of 2021, while his high ws - commonly reported to be around £350k-a-week - have made him a difficult player to shift from books.

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Mesut Ozil includes himself in best Arsenal XI he's played with

Mesut Ozil has been famously left out of Mikel Arteta's Premier League squad since start of season. World Cup winner has eventually become little more than an expensive Twitter cheerleader for rth London giants in recent months. While his off-field stand-off with Arsenal continues, Ozil took part in a Twitter Q&A session on Monday night, answering some questions from his fans.

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four-time FA Cup winner was asked to name his best Arsenal XI 'in era you played for club'. Ozil replied with some surprising picks, with only one current Arsenal player making list. Aaron Ramsey and Santi Cazorla were his two picks at base of midfield while four-man defence included Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker and Sead Kolasinac - who is on loan at Schalke. 

Ozil snubbed Bernd Le and instead, chose David Ospina to fill in between sticks. Ozil also included himself in . 10 role with Alexis Sanchez and Serge Gnabry on flanks, naming his side as: "Ospina - Sagna, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Kolasinac - Cazorla, Ramsey - Serge Gnabry, Özil, Alexis Sanchez - Aubameyang". Many fans on social media were surprised that Ozil's best Arsenal XI included Mertesacker at heart of Gunners' defence. 

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Ozil ruled out possibility of joining Sead Kolasinac at Schalke during Q&A, but confirmed that he would prefer Turkish team Fenerbahce: "I grew up as a Fenerbahce fan as a kid in Germany - every German-Turkish person supports a Turkish team when y grow up in Germany. And mine was Fenerbahce". Earlier this week, reports claimed that Ozil had agreed to a pre-contract deal with Fenerbahce. However, rar than waiting until June to link up with his teammates in Turkish league, he could join m by end of this month.

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