Mikel Arteta has revealed why Mesut Ozil is no longer in the first-team picture at Arsenal. The German was left out of the Gunners' Premier League and Europa League squads at the end of the transfer window. He has not played for the club since football was brought to a halt by the COVID-19 pandemic in March. This has been a controversial decision as Arsenal have often struggled to create opportunities in his absence. When asked to explain the absence of Ozil, Mikel Arteta has always stressed that the decision is tactical. “For me the way we occupy space and who is going to move in there is more important than the formation" he said to DAZN when asked about the style he wants his team to play. "And from there we have some very similar players that are not used to play in those positions so we have to keep changing the formation a little bit. "We want to move to a 4-3-3 but for that you need a lot of specificity in every position but now in 5/6 positions we don’t have it. The aggressiveness, the effectiveness, the amount of steals we make in opposition half I think we have been very steady against some big clubs."
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