How close are we to agreeing a new contract with Mesut Ozil? The boss provided an update in Friday's press conference. Arsene Wenger also discussed Henrikh Mkhitaryan's first few days at the club and this is what he had to say: on playing Mkhitaryan and Ozil together... Yes, our intention is [to do it]. As I have said before, we signed Mkhitaryan on a long-term contract and our intention is to keep Ozil at the club and hopefully we will manage to do that very soon. on whether they are close to agreeing a deal with Ozil... Not close enough to be optimistic and not far enough to be pessimistic. on whether they are closer than in the summer... The vibes I get from him commitment, his focus...
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