MESUT OZIL HAS indicated that he wants to remain at Arsenal and plans to discuss his future with the club when the team returns from Australia.
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Together with star striker Alexis Sanchez, playmaker Ozil has been tipped to leave Emirates Stadium after the Gunners failed to qualify for the Champions League.
However, it is believed there are few clubs able to meet the wage demands of the Germany international, who joined Arsenal from Real Madrid in 2013.
And, perhaps due to a lack of realistic alternatives, the 28-year-old now appears willing to consider extending his contract, which expires at the end of the 2017/18 season.
It is definitely my preference to stay,” he said at the launch of their new black and pink third kit in Sydney.
“It is such a great club and I have always said that I feel very good at Arsenal. Once everyone is back in London we will sit down and discuss about the future.
“For now the most important thing is our pre-season and getting through the tour, training and getting fitness. When I’m back in London, we will sit down and discuss.”
It balanced itself out in the end, Thomas’s should never have got a red card, Gaels can have no complaints when they didn’t take advantage of that terrible decision.
@anthony davoren: Thomas red was deserved but OL should of had 2 reds also
@anthony davoren: totally agree, surprised with Richie Power, they were beaten by 14 men!!!
It did not loose them the game
OLGs didnt have the forwards to win it, sour grapes, they should suck it up, move on, accept the better team won it
how about not putting joe soap/refs pal as umpires…2 lads about 5 ft away
…..should be refs doing that in big games
Umpires should have captured
Oloughlin Gaels scored more than the opposition and yet lost.
Fair play?
@Michael Lyng: . Two of their players were lucky to stay on the field. Fair play?
@Michael Lyng: Except that they didn’t score more than the opposition
If they couldn’t be sure it was over the line they couldn’t give it. Simple as that. It looked over to me at first but we all needed slo-mo replays to be sure. The umpires were right in this instance, but it only serves to underline the case for goal line technology. These new smart sliothars will hopefully address the problem
A Kilkenny man saying a couple of O Loughlins could have got red really means they definitely should have and saying the Thomas’s player was unfortunate actually means he shouldn’t have seen red, not able to use an extra man for a huge percentage of the match is probably a more viable angle to review