Arsenal have been in talks with Mesut
Ozil over an extension to his current contract since last season, and he has broken the silence on why he has so far failed to agree.
Not exact matches
Even though most of the Arsenal transfer rumours about the ongoing negotiations between the club and the two star players Alexis Sanchez and Mesut
Ozil suggest that the main stumbling block
over the pair signing contract
extensions is financial, it will not be the only factor in the minds of the players.
There is of course huge doubts
over the futures of Mesut
Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, with both having failed to agree
extensions to their own contracts which also expire next summer, but should the pair stay, it seems hard to figure out exactly where Barkley would fit into our first - team plans.
With all the uncertainty
over contract
extensions making the headlines, especially Alexis Sanchez, Mesut
Ozil, Oxlade - Chamberlain and, of course, Arsene Wenger, the ex-Arsenal striker Charlie Nicolas believes that we need as much as 5 or 6 arrivals, and he wants Wenger's future clarified as soon as possible.
What is even more important for us
over the next few months is whether Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal board can convince the club's two biggest players Alexis Sanchez and Mesut
Ozil to sign new contract
extensions as their current deals are due to enter the final year at the end of this season.
Sources told ESPN FC last month that Manchester City would consider reviving their interest in Sanchez in January, while a source told ESPN FC this week that Arsenal have yet to reopen talks
over a contract
extension with
Ozil, although the Germany international remains open to a stay.
The Arsenal board seems confident
over a new contract
extension deal for Mesut
Ozil over the next few weeks.