The playmaker missed last weekend’s win over West Ham United through illness but Emery says our No 10 has been training well ahead of Sunday’s clash in the Welsh capital.
“He’s training normally with the group, in every session this week,” our head coach said. “We started on Tuesday and every day he has been training with the group.
“He’s OK. Also I’m looking at him well every day.”
Mesut Ozil missed last weekend’s home win against West Ham due to illness. Rather unsurprisingly, it is not the first time the German play maker has missed training due to the same reason. Below we asses the number of time Mesut Ozil has been absent from Arsenal’s match day squad due to the sane.
January 2017
Ozil came down with flu during the hectic Christmas period and missed the 2-0 win over Crystal Palace on Jan. 1 — which featured Olivier Giroud’s classic scorpion-kick goal — and the following 3-3 draw at Bournemouth two days later. He also sat out the FA Cup third-round win over Preston North End, but likely would have been rested for that one even if he was fully fit.
March 2017
Ozil missed the trip to Liverpool on March 4 after leaving the training ground with an illness during the week. Arsenal lost 3-1 at Anfield after Arsene Wenger also benched Alexis Sanchez following a spat, which came in the wake of the Gunners’ embarrassing 5-1 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Ozil was then only a substitute in the return leg against Bayern three days after the Liverpool game, which also ended in a 5-1 defeat and then missed the following Premier League game, a 3-1 loss at West Brom, with what the club called a “tight hamstring.”
November, 2017
Ozil had to travel home from Burnley just hours before Arsenal’s away game after falling ill at the team hotel — though Wenger said after the 1-0 win that he was unsure of the nature of the illness.
“The doctor came to see me and said he had to travel back home, he was in the hotel with us,” Wenger said. “He travelled up with us, then travelled back.”