Mesut Ozil's agent Erkut Sogut insists that his client would have been happy to take a pay cut at Arsenal if only he'd known where the money was going.
The German international was frozen out by Mikel Arteta during his final season at the club, but prior to that the entire first-team squad had been asked to take a 15 per cent pay cut due to the financial impact of the pandemic, with the majority of the players eventually agreeing on 12.5 per cent.
Ozil was not among their number though, with the playmaker subsequently criticised by many as his stock among fans and with Arteta fell dramatically.
