Mesut Ozil axed from Arsenal's Premier League squad by Mikel Arteta
Mesut Ozil’s Arsenal career looks over after he was left out of their 25-man Premier League squad.
The 32-year-old German is in the final year of his £350,000-a-week contract and looks to have played his last game for the club.
Ozil has not played a minute for Arsenal this season and earlier this month was also left out of their Europa League squad.
It means the midfielder is not eligible to play competitive football for Arsenal until January when the transfer window opens.
Ozil has publicly and privately stated he has no plans to leave Arsenal before his contract runs out and he is still determined to get back in the side.
But his omission from their 25-man Premier League means his Arsenal career looks all-but over.
Arsenal have 19 non-homegrown players over the age of 21, two more than the limit allowed by both the Premier League and Uefa, and manager Mikel Arteta has decided to leave out Ozil, who has not played for the Gunners since March.
Arsenal also left defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos out of their Premier League squad when it was submitted on Tuesday.
Arsenal Premier League squad (*Home grown)
Alves Soares, Cedric Ricardo
Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick
Bellerin, Hector*
Borges Da Silva, Willian
Ceballos Fernandez, Daniel
Chambers, Calum*
Dos Santos Magalhaes, Gabriel
Elneny, Mohamed Naser Elsayed
Holding, Robert Samuel*
Kolasinac, Sead
Lacazette, Alexandre
Leno, Bernd
Macey, Matthew Ryan*
Maitland-Niles, Ainsley*
Mari Villar, Pablo
Moreira Marinho, David Luiz
Mustafi, Shkodran
Partey, Thomas Teye
Pepe, Nicolas
Runarsson, Runar Alex
Tierney, Kieran
Xhaka, Granit
U21 players (Contract and Scholars)
Adamo Gaspar, Luigi
Akinola, Timothy Olaoluwa
Alebiosu, Ryan
Awe, Zachariah Olumide Ebunoluwa
Azeez, Miguel
Ballard, Daniel George
Balogun, Folarin Jerry
Bola, Tolaji
Butler-Oyedeji, Nathan Jerome Chatoyer
Cirjan, Catalin-Ionut
Clarke, Harrison Thomas
Cottrell, Ben
Coyle, Trae
Dinzeyi, Jonathan
Edwards, Khayon
Ejeheri, Ovie Prince
Flores, Marcelo
Foran, Taylor
Giraud-Hutchinson, Omari Elijah
Gomes Bandeira, Mauro
Graczyk, Hubert
Guendouzi, Matteo
Hein, Karl Jakob
Henry-Francis, Jack
Hillson, James Andrew
Ideho, Joel
Igaba-Ishimwe, George Lewis
Jeffcott, Henry
John-Jules, Tyreece Romayo
Kirk, Alexander Michael
Laing, Levi Alexander
Lannin-Sweet, James
Lopez Salguero, Joel
McEneff, Jordan John
McGuinness, Mark James
Medley, Zechariah Joshua Henry
Mitchell, Remy
Moller, Nikolaj Duus
Monlouis, Zane
Nelson, Reiss
Nketiah, Edward Keddar
Norton-Cuffy, Brooke Dion Nelson
Ogungbo, Mazeed
Okonkwo, Arthur
Olayinka, Olujimi James Ayodele
Olowu, Joseph Olugbenga
Oulad M'Hand, Zine-Eddine
Oyegoke, Daniel Oladele Akinbiyi
Patino, Charlie Michael
Plange, Luke Elliot
Sagoe Jr, Charles Kwame
Saka, Bukayo
Saliba, William
Smith, Matthew Gerrard
Smith, Tom
Smith Rowe, Emile
Sraha, Jason Robert Osei
Swanson, Zak
Taylor-Hart, Kido
Teodoro Martinelli Silva, Gabriel
Vigar, Billy Joseph
Willock, Joseph George
Arsenal Premier League squad
Alves Soares, Cedric Ricardo
Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick
Bellerin, Hector*
Borges Da Silva, Willian
Ceballos Fernandez, Daniel
Chambers, Calum*
Dos Santos Magalhaes, Gabriel
Elneny, Mohamed Naser Elsayed
Holding, Robert Samuel*
Kolasinac, Sead
Lacazette, Alexandre
Leno, Bernd
Macey, Matthew Ryan*
Maitland-Niles, Ainsley*
Mari Villar, Pablo
Moreira Marinho, David Luiz
Mustafi, Shkodran
Partey, Thomas Teye
Pepe, Nicolas
Runarsson, Runar Alex
Tierney, Kieran
Xhaka, Granit
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